Could the following be said : "Wait with booking the flight, the weather might not be great that week." "Wait with closing the gates, not everyone has entered yet."
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Could the following be said : "Wait with booking the flight, the weather might not be great that week." "Wait with closing the gates, not everyone has entered yet."
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My preference would be to use the combination "wait on" to mean to delay or to put off for a duration of time.
Using wait with does not imply a delay I don't think.
"Wait to" doesn't imply the active intention of causing a delay I don't think. I'm going to look more deeply into this. For now I found the following from Mirriam Webster online:
Mirriam Webster online - Can wait on mean ‘to wait for’?
Further down this same page the combination "wait to" is shown but I don't think this reflects the meaning you are seeking to convey: