lie in wait (English, verb)
expansion: lie in wait (third-person singular simple present lies in wait, present participle lying in wait, simple past lay in wait, past participle lain in wait)
Senses:
glosses: To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: lies in wait
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lying in wait
tags: participle
present
form: lay in wait
tags: past
form: lain in wait
tags: participle
past