outwait

English

Etymology

out- +‎ wait

Verb

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

1. To wait for something to end
2. 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