WAIT UP (FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING)

wait up (for someone or something): translation

1.Fig.to stay up late waiting for someone to arrive or something to happen. •

I'll be home late. Don't wait up for me.

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We waited up for the coming of the new year, and then we went to bed.

2.andhold up (forsomeone or something)Fig.to wait for someone or something to catch up. •

Hey! Don't go so fast. Wait up for me.

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Hold up! You're going too fast.