Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase having to wait for a long time.

Reverse dictionary results:
1. delay
 2. postponement
3. lag
4. holdup
5. abey
6. eld
7. hold back
8. hold off
9. keep from
10. keep one's distance
 11. tarry
12. vamp
13. wait
14. abide
15. adjourn
16. defer
17. delapse
18. delaying tactic
19. detain
20. forbear
 21. forestay
22. give pause
23. hang-up
24. hang up
25. hesitate
26. hold
27. hold-up
28. hold in
29. hold over
30. hold up
 31. holdout
32. inhibit
33. keep
34. keep off
35. let
36. lie
37. linger
38. outstand
39. outstay

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