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Cosa (chi) è Waylay - definizione
waylay
(waylays, waylaying, waylaid)
If someone waylays you, they stop you when you are going somewhere, for example in order to talk to you, to steal something from you, or to attack you.
The trucks are being waylaid by bandits...
I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.
VERB: V n, get V-ed
Waylay
·vt To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
waylay
v. a.
Lie in wait for (with evil intent), lie in ambush for.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per Waylay
1. Though an ally of Iran, the Russian government has joined U.S. and European efforts to waylay Iran‘s nuclear ambition until its civilian nature can be assured.
2. Although an ally of Iran, the Russian government has joined in U.S. and European efforts to waylay Iran‘s nuclear ambitions until its civilian nature can be assured.
3. Awards a particularly undignified scrum of photographers is attempting to waylay a succession of heavy metal bands and women who normally grace the covers of Zoo.
4. Multitudes of teenage boys, employed by nearby stables, waylay taxi drivers, hammering on the hoods of cars and sticking their heads through open windows.
5. Their hope: to waylay tourists from reserved hotel rooms with signs saying, "Quartos!" –– meaning rooms for rent ... cheap. (By the way, simple hotels all over Portugal rent decent double rooms for $60.