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English to Bangla Meaning of waylay - পথিমধ্যে আটক করা


পথে ওত পাতিয়া থাকা

waylay

Verb

পাকড়াত্ত করা, পথিমধ্যে আটক করা, ত্তৎ পাতিয়া থাকা


Definitions of waylay in English

verb

(1) Wait in hiding to attack

(2) Intercept

(3) Ambush

Examples of waylay in English

(1) So, it appears all they did was to go and waylay the man.

(2) They also resolved that if he returned they would waylay him and give him a beating.

(3) Most likely the stranger is just one of those unsavory fellows who waylay innocent travelers and such, and does not wish to be known to us.

(4) Mrs. Peck saw him about to rush into their house and managed to waylay him for a moment.

(5) She tried repeatedly to waylay him, but succeeded only once, in November 1935.

(6) She followed the man and was about to waylay him when he suddenly stopped.

(7) With dark eyes peeping out from beneath her black shawl, she would happily waylay any child or adult who wandered past.

(8) A couple of times he'd waylaid me, asking if I'd glance over his curriculum.

(9) He was celebrated on stage and in penny dreadfuls, and took on a new folkloric persona as a waylayer of solitary travellers.

(10) I want to do things, but I get waylaid by other thoughts or more pressing issues.

(11) But I was waylaid by Donny, who timidly requested, u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Would you mind walking in the gardens with me?u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb

(12) He decided that he would catch up with Kate by waylaying her on the road towards Cannon Hill.

(13) There was more adverse publicity when the actor was accused of being insufferably rude to a television reporter as she waylaid him with her camera team.

(14) In the ensuing days, several security force members were waylaid and injured or killed by civilian oppositionists.

(15) Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in.

(16) Intrigued, Freney borrows a horse from the stable, takes a short cut across the fields, and waylays the agent.

(17) It is easy to imagine travellers being waylaid here, even now, so imagine what it must have been like in the 17th century.

(18) Employees treat their boss like an ambulatory suggestion box, constantly waylaying him in the hall with ideas large and small.

(19) Insurgents dressed as policemen waylaid the men at a fake checkpoint, killed all the soldiers and their civilian drivers, and burned the vehicles.

(20) One good lady, a prominent member of the Church of Scotland, waylaid me in the street and gave me a big hug, saying she had never before hugged a Catholic priest.

synonyms of waylay

ambush

accost

ambuscade

Antonyms of waylay

Allow

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