What is another word for waiting patiently?

What is another word for wait patiently? be patient bide your time await stand by rest cool it wait on stay up for hang fire lie in wait 29 more rows

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Then, what are two synonyms for delay?

synonyms for delay lag. moratorium. postponement. problem. setback. stoppage. suspension. wait. What does wait up mean in slang? Stop or pause so that another can catch up, as in Let's wait up for the stragglers, or Don't walk so fast; wait up for me. [ Colloquial]

What does to wait on someone hand and foot mean?

Definition of wait on (someone) hand and foo. : to provide everything that someone needs or wants : to act as a servant to (someone) I can't stand the way they wait on her hand and foot! She waited on her children hand and foot. What is to wait on the Lord? Waiting upon God means expecting to act. Thus, when we find ourselves in difficult times, we should expect in faith that our God who has already delivered us from sin and wrath will also deliver us from our troubles-either in this life or through death and deliverance to eternal life.

Correspondingly, can you say waiting on?

You could say that to wait ON something means you are dependent on the object in question and therefore you are waiting on it to continue. Waiting for something would imply that you are to receive the object in question. When did waiting for become waiting on? Google Ngrams ("wait on, wait for") shows the two phrases comparable up to 1700, and since then "wait on" getting progressively less common and "wait for" more so. It doesn't appear to show any significant difference in British and American usage since 1800.