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Meanings of
waylay
in английском
португальский
emboscar
каталонский
amagar-se
Back to the meaning
Wait in hiding to attack.
ambush
lurk
ambuscade
scupper
bushwhack
lie in wait
португальский
emboscar
Usage of
waylay
in английском
1
We were to lurk in ambush there, and
waylay
an unwary traveller.
2
Gangs hung about seemingly ready to
waylay
anyone who appeared relatively defenceless.
3
He was going to
waylay
me and kill me on the trail.
4
They began to
waylay
and butcher white men and women and children.
5
He suspected a plot to
waylay
me, too late to warn me.
6
I don't propose to rob the specie train, or to
waylay
travellers.
7
The people he'd forced outside were starting to
waylay
merchant carts and caravans.
8
The idea had been to
waylay
her before she joined Vane.
9
If she could
waylay
Alicia as she came in, so much the better.
10
The little house was quiet and dark with no one to
waylay
them.
11
So he managed to
waylay
Mrs. Stanbury before she descended to the parlour.
12
The BDOs have yet to
waylay
a single terrorist, visibly anxious or not.
13
He might have just been a lone highwayman, hoping to
waylay
unsuspecting merchants.
14
One shop promises to
waylay
passers by and teach them how to knit.
15
Then Mohammed Shafi'a threatens to
waylay
and to beat the Haji.
16
Do you want me to go out into the streets and
waylay
boys?
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
waylay
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
go waylay
mightest waylay
send to waylay
waylay a beggar
waylay bishops
More collocations
Translations for
waylay
португальский
emboscar
estar em uma emboscada
каталонский
amagar-se
estar amagat
Waylay
through the time
Waylay
across language varieties
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