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"waiting down" is not a correct phrase to use in written English.
You can substitute this phrase for "waiting in line" or "waiting patiently" depending on the context. For example: "I had been waiting in line for hours, but was determined not to give up now after waiting down for so long."
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You basically walk around a small wood, while people dressed as elves try to slow you down, to keep the waiting down for seeing one of the various Father Christmases.
Watching them come up to bat again — Escobar, Zobrist, and Cain up top; Hosmer, Moustakas, and Perez in the middle; Gordon and Rios waiting down below — has made for a permanent Uh-oh! behind my breastbone this week, and the perverse passing wish that I had no stake in this series.
But in the moments before meeting with Mr. Clinton, Mr. Arafat had stalked out of a session in the hotel with the Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, saying he had to consult with his delegation waiting down the hall.
Watching them come up to bat again Escobar, Zobrist, and Cain up top; Hosmer, Moustakas, and Perez in the middle; Gordon and Rios waiting down below has made for a permanent Uh-oh! behind my breastbone this week, and the perverse passing wish that I had no stake in this series.
I couldn't shake the image that the rats were waiting down there in anticipation.
Although the 2nd Battalion was turned back after encountering strong resistances, the South Koreans managed to capture several Chinese prisoners who revealed that there were nearly 10,000 Chinese soldiers waiting down the road.
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She wanted me to wait down here till you got home.
Re "From Delivery Room to Bedroom": Perhaps the men ought to just wait down at the gentlemen's club.
A borrowed pumper waited down the block to begin its slow trip to the church.
Pacquiao left the room quickly, his eyes glazed over, and security ushered him up a flight of stairs and away from the cameras that waited down the hall.
"When you wait down the road, it's too late — it's too late when they kill someone".
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