lay wait for

To hide in preparation for making an ambush or attack. I'm laying wait for my little brother, so I can jump out and scare him when he gets home! Officer, I think the robber just laid wait for us outside the club.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lorrie	LAWR-ee	English
Ebenezer	eb-ə-NEE-zər (English)	Biblical
Sibyl	SIB-əl	English
Tamati	-	Maori
Iriney	-	Russian
Felicia	fə-LEE-shə (English), fe-LEE-thyah (Spanish), fe-LEE-syah (Latin American Spanish), fe-LEE-chyah (Romanian), fe-LEE-see-ah (Swedish)	English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman