wait about

wait about
phrasal verb wait around or wait about [intransitive]
Word forms "wait around":
present tense I/you/we/they wait around he/she/it waits around present participle waiting around past tense waited around past participle waited around
to do nothing because you are expecting something to happen, and you cannot do anything until it does
wait around for:

I don't feel like waiting around for him to decide.


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