wait up

Verb

Meaning

To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.

(colloquial, often used in the imperative, US) To wait.
Hey, wait up! I forgot my umbrella.
We have to wait up for Steve.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

stay up

Examples

As a result, African Americans hailing rides on Uber or Lyft in Seattle wait up to 35 percent longer than do white riders. Source: Internet

A local pediatric urologist (now retired) would make his patients wait up to four hours! Source: Internet

Mr Chaudhry was referring to claims by Mr Sayed-Khaiyum, at consultations with civil servants in Nausori on Tuesday, that in the past civil servants had to wait up to 10 years to get salary increments of at least 10%. Source: Internet

Some doctors even wait up to two hours to allow the uterus to clamp down naturally and avoid rushing in with manual removal unless absolutely necessary (if excessive bleeding occurs, for example). Source: Internet

So, you will need to wait up to 72 hours for changes in Azure to be reflected in Cloudyn. Source: Internet

That thread might be willing to wait up to 45 seconds to connect. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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