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Verb(1) wait in hiding to attack(2) intercept(3) ambush

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(1) So, it appears all they did was to go and waylay the man.(2) They also resolved that if he returned they would waylay him and give him a beating.(3) Most likely the stranger is just one of those unsavory fellows who waylay innocent travelers and such, and does not wish to be known to us.(4) Mrs. Peck saw him about to rush into their house and managed to waylay him for a moment.(5) She tried repeatedly to waylay him, but succeeded only once, in November 1935.(6) She followed the man and was about to waylay him when he suddenly stopped.(7) With dark eyes peeping out from beneath her black shawl, she would happily waylay any child or adult who wandered past.(8) A couple of times he'd waylaid me, asking if I'd glance over his curriculum.(9) He was celebrated on stage and in penny dreadfuls, and took on a new folkloric persona as a waylayer of solitary travellers.(10) I want to do things, but I get waylaid by other thoughts or more pressing issues.(11) But I was waylaid by Donny, who timidly requested, u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Would you mind walking in the gardens with me?u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(12) He decided that he would catch up with Kate by waylaying her on the road towards Cannon Hill.(13) There was more adverse publicity when the actor was accused of being insufferably rude to a television reporter as she waylaid him with her camera team.(14) In the ensuing days, several security force members were waylaid and injured or killed by civilian oppositionists.(15) Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in.(16) Intrigued, Freney borrows a horse from the stable, takes a short cut across the fields, and waylays the agent.
Related Words
(1) waylay
(2) way
(3) lay
Synonyms
Verb
1. ambush
2. accost
3. ambuscade


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