lie in ambush

English

Alternative forms

• wait in ambush

Verb

lie in ambush (third-person singular simple present lies in ambush, present participle lying in ambush, simple past lay in ambush, past participle lain in ambush)}

1. to be hidden waiting to ambush or attack someone

Synonyms

• lie in wait

Further reading

• “lie in ambush”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.