wait on
wait upon
[verb]
Synonyms: serve, attend, minister to, tend

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wait on somebody/something phrasal verb (see also wait)

1. to serve food and drink to someone at their table, especially in a restaurant

2. to wait for a particular event, piece of information etc, especially before doing something or making a decision:
We’re waiting on the blood test results.

3. wait on somebody hand and foot to do everything for someone while they do nothing – used to show disapproval:
His wife waits on him hand and foot.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wait on
wait on (someone)
to serve someone.
She waited on customers all day at the department store.

He sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him!

Related vocabulary: wait on someone hand and foot

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

wait on
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. formal To visit as a courtesy or for business.
We waited upon the widow out of respect for her husband.
John waited upon the President with a letter of introduction.
3. To follow.
Success waits on hard work.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

wait on someone
wait on (someone)
to serve someone.
She waited on customers all day at the department store.

He sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him!

Related vocabulary: wait on someone hand and foot

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲