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Meanings of wait on events in English

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Usage of wait on events in English
1
But it is so very hard to wait on events.
IT
2
King went in again, to wait on events and shudder.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
3
I will not wait on events, while dangers gather.
State of the Union Addresses
4
Ask me no questions, please, but wait on events.
The Passenger from Calais
5
Still, something might be done; the act of rebellion, he thought, would be difficult to prove; in fine, they must wait on events.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories
6
She could afford to wait on events now; she could afford to possess her soul in patience till the hour and the man came together.
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
7
Yet placed as he was, what could he do, how advance their common end, but by passively waiting on events?
The Valley of Decision
8
Yet, for some weeks, Frederick William waited on events; and these events decided for war, not against Russia, but against France.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
9
The Senate, after hearing Fouché's unmistakable hints, named a commission of its members to report on hereditary rule, and then waited on events.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
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