Usually means: Diverted or delayed from intended path.
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  1. waylaid: Merriam-Webster
  2. waylaid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. waylaid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. waylaid: Vocabulary.com
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  6. waylaid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. waylaid: Wiktionary
  8. waylaid: Infoplease Dictionary
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  10. Waylaid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Waylaid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. waylaid: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. waylaid: FreeDictionary.org
  14. waylaid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. waylaid: Legal dictionary

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  1. Waylaid: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (waylay)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
▸ Also see waylay

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derailed, thwarted, stymied, foiled, hindered, impeded, more...



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