The Clue
What an outturned palm may mean (4 letter answer)
The Answer
WAIT
Tags
Notes
The answer WAIT is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Attend, with "on"
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Delay
"Hold on!"
Hold on
Lie in ___
Linger
Serve, with "on"
Tarry
Don't go
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Hang around
Hang around (for)
"Hold it!"
Hold the phone
"Hurry up and ___"
Links annoyance
Mark time
Queue annoyance
Restaurant annoyance
Show patience
Stand on line
Bide one's time
Checkout line complaint
Cool one's heels
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Emergency room concern
"Hold your horses!"
Pedestrian-sign word
Show patience, in a way
Sweat out a delay
Take orders, in a way
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"Just a moment!"
"You're going too fast for me!"
Definition
WAIT as a noun:
1. (delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait) = time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
2. (wait, waiting) = the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
WAIT as a verb:
1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
2. (wait, hold off, hold back) = wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
3. (expect, look, await, wait) = look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
4. (wait, waitress) = serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"