outwait
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]outwait (third-person singular simple present outwaits, present participle outwaiting, simple past and past participle outwaited)
- (transitive) To wait for something to end.
- (transitive) To gain an advantage by simply waiting.
Quotations
[edit]- 1977, Nathaniel Richard Nash, East Wind, Rain:
- He tried to outwait the stillness, hoping somebody would say something.
- 2005, L. J. Andrew Villalon, Donald J. Kagay, The Hundred Years War:
- By successfully blockading a fortified site, the attackers simply needed to outwait its inhabitants, who daily watched their food supply dwindle . . .