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wade into
( {v.}, 1. To go busily to work. * /The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again./ 2. To attack. * /When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in Далее…
wade through
( {v. phr.} To read through something long and laborious. * /It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy's War and Peace in the original Russian./)
wag
( ̈ɪwæɡ See: TONGUES TO WAG or TONGUES WAG.)
wag one's chin
( See: BEAT ONE'S GUMS, CHEW THE FAT, CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE.)
wagon
( See: FIX SOMEONE'S WAGON, HITCH ONE'S WAGON TO A STAR, JUMP ON THE BAND WAGON, OFF THE WAGON, ON THE WAGON.)
wait
( weɪt See: LIE IN WAIT.)
wait on hand and foot
( {v. phr.} To serve in every possible way; do everything for (someone). * /Sally is spoiled because her mother waits on her hand and foot./ * /The gentlemen had a valet to wait on him hand Далее…
wait on table
( See: WAIT AT TABLE.)
wait table
( {v. phr.} To serve food. * /Mrs. Lake had to teach her new maid to wait on table properly./ * /The girls earn spending money by waiting at table in the school dining rooms./)
wait up
( {v. phr.} To not go to bed until a person one is worried about comes home (said by parents and marriage partners). * /My mother always waited up for me when I went out as a young student./ Далее…
wait upon
( {v.} 1. To serve. * /Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid./ * /The clerk in the store asked if we had been waited upon./ 2. To visit as a courtesy or for business. * /We waited Далее…
waiting list
( {n.} A list of persons waiting to get into something (as a school). * /The nursery school enrollment was complete, so the director put our child's name on the waiting list./ * /The Далее…
waiting room
( {n. phr.} The sitting area in a doctor's, lawyer's, accountant's, etc. office, or in a hospital, or other workplace, where people wait their turn. * /Some doctor's offices have elegantly Далее…
wake
( ̈ɪweɪk See: IN THE WAKE OF.)
walk
( wɔ:k See: WIN IN A WALK.)
walk a tightrope
( {v. phr.} To be in a dangerous or awkward situation where one cannot afford to make a single mistake. * /"When we landed on the moon in 1969," Armstrong explained, "we were walking a Далее…
walk all over
( See: WALK OVER.)
walk of life
( {n. phr.} Way of living; manner in which people live. * /Many rich people have yachts; people in their walk of life can afford them./ * /The banker did not want his son to marry a girl in Далее…
walk off with
( {v.} 1. To take and go away with; take away; often: steal. * /When Father went to work, he accidentally walked off with Mother's umbrella./ * /How can a thief walk off with a safe in broad Далее…
walk on air
( {v. phr.}, To feel happy and excited. * /Sue has been walking on air since she won the prize./ * /His father's compliment left Jed walking on air./ Compare: ON CLOUD NINE, ON TOP OF THE Далее…
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