wait something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also wait)
if you wait out an event, period, or time, especially an unpleasant one, you wait for it to finish:
Let’s find a place where we can wait out the storm.

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wait out
wait (someone) out
to allow time to go past until someone does something.
I have time and he doesn't, so I'll wait him out until he agrees to sell the business to me.

She hoped to wait out her opponent, but that has not worked.

wait out (something)
to allow time to go past until something happens or ends.
Should we leave now or wait out the storm?

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wait out something
wait out (something)
to allow time to go past until something happens or ends.
Should we leave now or wait out the storm?

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wait someone out
wait (someone) out
to allow time to go past until someone does something.
I have time and he doesn't, so I'll wait him out until he agrees to sell the business to me.

She hoped to wait out her opponent, but that has not worked.

wait out (something)
to allow time to go past until something happens or ends.
Should we leave now or wait out the storm?

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲