In the English Vocabulary Profile,
wait until= NOT DO SOMETHING
C1 to not do something until something else happens
For example:
Wait till you see what we‘ve done with the Internet.
We want to know which other verbs carry a similar meaning of not doing something.
He will be held until Vargas agrees to free the sympathizers he has jailed.
The Persians will not stop until the only shelter we will find is rubble and chaos.
I submit that we engage and delay until reinforcements arrive.
You stay until the job‘s done.
A search in iWeb corpus for:
_VV until|till
1 WAIT UNTIL 156798
2 WAIT TILL 25420
3 COOK UNTIL 20825
4 CONTINUE UNTIL 19151
5 WAITING UNTIL 17627
6 STIR UNTIL 15151
7 WAITED UNTIL 13766
8 MIX UNTIL 9727
9 REPEAT UNTIL 9669
10 CONTINUED UNTIL 9383
11 CONTINUES UNTIL 8950
12 KNOW UNTIL 8864
13 GO UNTIL 8268
14 RUN UNTIL 7962
15 LAST UNTIL 7666
16 RUNS UNTIL 7362
17 BLEND UNTIL 7317
18 GOING UNTIL 7054
19 LASTED UNTIL 6761
20 HELD UNTIL 6264
21 START UNTIL 6260
22 STOP UNTIL 6250
23 DELAYED UNTIL 6242
24 WORK UNTIL 5924
25 BAKE UNTIL 5812
26 OPEN UNTIL 5677
27 HAPPEN UNTIL 5546
28 BEGIN UNTIL 5190
29 BEAT UNTIL 5185
30 SIMMER UNTIL 4862
31 LEFT UNTIL 4676 (this is usually a time period + until + another time period. “a month left until Christmas’
32 USED UNTIL 4510
33 WHISK UNTIL 4400
34 RELEASED UNTIL 4228
35 PROCESS UNTIL 4185
36 REFRIGERATE UNTIL 4046
37 STAY UNTIL 4023
38 MADE UNTIL 4014
39 LASTS UNTIL 3875
40 OCCUR UNTIL 3774
41 REMAINED UNTIL 3694
42 APPEAR UNTIL 3612
43 LEAVE UNTIL 3226
44 RUNNING UNTIL 3225
45 POSTPONED UNTIL 3224
46 CLOSED UNTIL 3138
47 ACCEPTED UNTIL 3101
48 PLAY UNTIL 3100
49 REST UNTIL 3033
50 TOOK UNTIL 2991
51 WAITS UNTIL 2960
52 WORKING UNTIL 2902
53 COME UNTIL 2881
54 KNOWN UNTIL 2844
55 LIVED UNTIL 2730
56 STIRRING UNTIL 2679
57 REMAIN UNTIL 2620
58 SERVED UNTIL 2535
59 COMPLETED UNTIL 2488
60 STAYED UNTIL 2470
61 ARRIVE UNTIL 2370
62 WORKED UNTIL 2368
63 REPEATED UNTIL 2292
64 EXIST UNTIL 2223
65 TAKE UNTIL 2164
66 END UNTIL 2156
67 SUSPENDED UNTIL 2147
68 RETURN UNTIL 2115
69 REALIZE UNTIL 2086
70 EAT UNTIL 1974
71 EXTENDED UNTIL 1973
72 WAITING TILL 1864
73 NEEDED UNTIL 1841
74 PROCESSED UNTIL 1807
75 PLAYING UNTIL 1787
76 EXISTED UNTIL 1774
77 SAUTE UNTIL 1765
78 WAITED TILL 1727
79 FRY UNTIL 1709
80 GROW UNTIL 1696
81 CHANGE UNTIL 1690
82 SURVIVE UNTIL 1625
83 SIT UNTIL 1599
84 SEEN UNTIL 1578
85 PUBLISHED UNTIL 1570
86 NOTICE UNTIL 1516
87 PAID UNTIL 1444
88 SLEEP UNTIL 1425
89 SERVE UNTIL 1401
90 DISCOVERED UNTIL 1398
91 FREEZE UNTIL 1382
92 DEFERRED UNTIL 1373
93 TAKEN UNTIL 1366
94 GIVEN UNTIL 1364
95 ISSUED UNTIL 1355
96 BOIL UNTIL 1349
97 ADJOURNED UNTIL 1342
98 RAN UNTIL 1337
99 CHARGED UNTIL 1286
100 HIDDEN UNTIL 1275