In a safety squeeze, the runner waits until the batter makes contact with the ball before committing himself to try to reach home.

If he balks at entering the gate, track officials do not want the other runners to be in the gate already, waiting nervously.

The runner was waiting for us in Wtopo's village.

Many other runners waited for the competition to start.

First runner must head back to the fourth spinning platform, and wait until they are unwind.

Or track and cross-country runners waited until their careers, like autumn leaves, were fading before attempting a marathon.

The runners in back have been waiting for this moment and they let it happen.

They would be cautious; they couldn't know where the runners waited.

Captain Morgan dreamed long in his chair while the runner waited silently.

But any first-base coach will admit that if the runner is waiting to hear his voice, it will be too late.