wait up
phrasal verbwithwaitverb[I]uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
to not go tobedatnightbecause you areexpectingsomeone toarrive:
（晚上）不睡觉（等某人回家）I'll behomeaftermidnight, so don'twaitupforme.我会在半夜以后才回家，所以你先睡吧，不用等我。
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- anti-sleep
- astir
- be in the land of the livingidiom
- come round
- consciousness
- get up
- insomnia
- insomniac
- keepsomeoneup
- knock
- knock up
- land
- rise
- sit(someone)up
- toss
- wakeful
- waken
- wakey-wakey
- waking
- woke
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