outwait

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ wait.

Verb

outwait (third-person singular simple present outwaits, present participle outwaiting, simple past and past participle outwaited)

1. (transitive) To wait for something to end.
2. (transitive) To gain an advantage by simply waiting.

Quotations

• 1977, Nathaniel Richard Nash, East Wind, Rain:

  He tried to outwait the stillness, hoping somebody would say something.

• 2005, L. J. Andrew Villalon, Donald J. Kagay, The Hundred Years War:

  By successfully blockading a fortified site, the attackers simply needed to outwait its inhabitants, who daily watched their food supply dwindle . . .

Anagrams

• wait out