to wait on table

  • 51To wait upon — Wait Wait, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch, attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[=e]n to watch, be awake. [root]134 …

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  • 52wait table — serve food He spent the summer waiting tables at the resort …

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  • 53Lock-free and wait-free algorithms — In contrast to algorithms that protect access to shared data with locks, lock free and wait free algorithms are specially designed to allow multiple threads to read and write shared data concurrently without corrupting it. Lock free refers to the …

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  • 54Rainbow table — A rainbow table is a lookup table offering a time memory tradeoff used in recovering the plaintext password from a password hash generated by a hash function, often a cryptographic hash function. A common application is to make attacks against… …

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  • 55To lay wait for — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 56To lie in wait — Lie Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan …

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  • 57get your feet under the table — get (your) feet under the table British to become familiar with and confident in a new job or situation. It s better to wait until you ve got your feet firmly under the table before you make any big changes …

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  • 58get feet under the table — get (your) feet under the table British to become familiar with and confident in a new job or situation. It s better to wait until you ve got your feet firmly under the table before you make any big changes …

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  • 59under the table/counter —  Secret, illegal. The phrase is associated with bribes passed under the table, the opposite being an ABOVE BOARD agreement.  ► “In places like Jakarta or Bangkok, you often have to pay under the table or else wait three days to clear the package …

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  • 60dumb|wait|er — «DUHM WAY tuhr», noun. 1. a small box with shelves that can be pulled up and down a shaft. A dumbwaiter is used to send dishes, food, cooking utensils, or small parcels from one floor of a building to another. »His flat is on the floor above… …

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