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Verb: lie in wait
  1. Wait in hiding to attack
    "The predator lay in wait for its unsuspecting prey";
    - ambush, bushwhack [N. Amer], waylay, lurk, ambuscade [archaic]

Derived forms: lain in wait, lies in wait, lying in wait, lay in wait

Type of: wait

Encyclopedia: Lie in wait