All lie in wait synonyms

verb lie in wait

• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
• bide — to continue in a certain place or state; stay
• dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
• box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
• lurk — lurking
• jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• ambuscade — an ambush
• hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• hold the phone — not hang up
• sweat it — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
• gumshoe — Slang. a detective.
• anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
• mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
• hold on — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• lie low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• put on hold — suspend
• stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
• stay put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• bide one's time — to wait patiently for an opportunity
• come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
• catch red-handed — If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are in the act of doing something wrong.
• lay for — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• hole up — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
• look for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• look forward to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.