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waylay

[ wey-ley, wey-ley ]

verb (used with object)

waylaid waylaying.
  1. to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay.
  2. to await and accost unexpectedly:

    The actor was waylaid by a swarm of admirers.



waylay

/ 飞别瑟藞濒别瑟 /

verb

  1. to lie in wait for and attack
  2. to await and intercept unexpectedly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 飞补测藞濒补测别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 飞补测顎僱补测顎卐谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of waylay1

First recorded in 1505鈥15; way 1 + lay 1, after Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wegelagen 鈥渢o lie in wait,鈥 derivative of wegelage 鈥渁 lying in wait鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of waylay1

C16: from way + lay 1
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Court documents show they waylaid permits and put its landlord 鈥渙n notice鈥 after activists calling themselves Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust threatened them with relentless protest.

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Like Ken Griffey Jr. before him, Trout鈥檚 mid-career injury problems have waylaid a meteoric career and stalled his historic rate of production at the plate.

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Built on the bones of A Bug鈥檚 Land, construction for the Avengers Campus was waylaid due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but eventually opened to much fanfare within California Adventure.

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Steel, an insurance company vice president before her retirement, and her husband, Rich Booman, discovered the project during the pandemic when their travel plans were waylaid.

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There had previously been other investigations, some of which have been waylaid by similar issues.

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