waylayverb [ T ]
uk/ˌweɪˈleɪ/us/ˌweɪˈleɪ/waylaid, waylaidto wait for and then stop someone, especially either to attack or talk to that person:
A man on his way to deposit $12,000 in a bank was waylaid by two men who snatched his bag.
I meant to leave earlier but I was waylaid on the way out of a meeting by my manager.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- butt in
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shush
- shut
- sock
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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