Usually means: Delaying action for a period.
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  1. wait-a-while, wait-a-while: Collins English Dictionary
  2. wait-a-while: Wordnik
  3. wait-a-while: Wiktionary
  4. Wait-a-while: Dictionary.com
  5. Wait-a-while: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. wait-a-while: FreeDictionary.org
  7. wait-a-while: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (wait-a-while)

noun:  (South Africa) Synonym of wait-a-bit.
noun:  (Australia) Any of several thorny Australian vines or shrubs which impede passage, especially Acacia cuspidifolia of Western Australia, Smilax australis of eastern Australia and the Northern Territory, and lawyer vine.

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