wait on

Definition

To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.

Example Sentences

• "Is someone waiting on you yet?"
• "How now, Simple! where have you been? I must wait on myself, must I?"
• "[…] for such a large house there are very few servants, because master has never lived here much; and when he does come, being a bachelor, he needs little waiting on:"

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