wait tables

wait tables

English

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Verb

wait tables (third-person singular simple present waits tables, present participle waiting tables, simple past and past participle waited tables)

  1. (stative) To wait as a server in a restaurant or other dine-in eatery.
    • 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME‎[1], archived from the original on 22 April 2026:
      At 21, I moved to New York City to pursue acting. I waited tables, auditioned, pieced together a life out of odd jobs and ambition.
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