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

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

Type of: wait

Encyclopedia: Lie in wait

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