Wait in hiding to attack.

synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lurk, scupper, waylay.

Roget 681: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive etc. 683; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere [Lat.]; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller [Fr.], faire [Fr.]; stand aloof; refrain etc. (avoid) 623, keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist etc. (relinquish) 624; stop etc. (cease) 142; pause etc. (be quiet) 265.    wait, lie in wait, bide one's time, take time, tide it over.    cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time etc. (inactive) 683.    lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought.    undo, do away with; take down, take to pieces; destroy etc. 162.    ... show more

Dutch: opwachten, belagen