lie in wait

English

Verb

lie in wait (third-person singular simple present lies in wait, present participle lying in wait, simple past lay in wait, past participle lain in wait)

1. To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.

Synonyms

• waylay

Translations

to be hiding to ambush

• Armenian: դարանակալել (hy) (daranakalel)
• Bulgarian: де́бна (bg) (débna)
• French: être à l’affût
• German: auf der Lauer liegen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐνεδρεύω (enedreúō), φυλάσσω (phulássō)

• Hebrew: אָרַב (he) (aráv)
• Icelandic: sitja um, liggja í launsátri, sitja fyrir
• Italian: appostarsi, stare in agguato
• Japanese: 張り込む (ja) (harikomu)
• Latin: aucupor, īnsidior
• Manx: fo-lhie
• Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق (pusmak)
• Polish: czatować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: emboscar-se (pt), tocaiar (pt) (Brazil)
• Quechua: chapatiyay
• Russian: злоумы́слить (zloumýslitʹ)
• Spanish: estar al acecho
• Swedish: ligga på lur
• Turkish: pusuya yatmak (tr), pusu kurmak (tr), pusmak (tr)
• ǃXóõ: ǂqàa

References

• “lie in wait for somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.