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Verb: lie in wait
  1. Wait in hiding to attack
    - ambush, scupper, bushwhack [N. Amer], waylay, lurk, ambuscade [archaic]

Derived forms: lying in wait, lay in wait, lies in wait, lain in wait

Type of: wait

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Lidocaine
lie
Lie
lie about
lie around
lie awake
lie detector
lie dormant
lie down
lie in
lie in wait
lie low
lie with
lie[2]
lie-abed
liebfraumilch
Liebig condenser
Liechtenstein
Liechtensteiner
lied
lieder singer