All lie in wait antonyms
lie in wait
L l verb lie in wait
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- forge β to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- carry on β If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- come out β When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- take on β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- release β to lease again.
- liberate β to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- carry out β If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- go ahead β permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.