Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lie_in_wait

1 sense of lie in wait

Sense 1
ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait -- (wait in hiding to attack)
       => wait -- (stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets")