wait tables
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to serve meals or drinks to customers in a restaurant, café, etc.
- She had to wait tables all evening to pay for her college textbooks.
- He worked hard to wait tables during the busy lunch rush.
- It’s not easy to wait tables, but it can be rewarding with good tips.
- I will wait tables at the new café next month.
- The new employee was nervous about having to wait tables on his first shift.