- you wait!
- you wait! (informal)An expression of warning• • •Main Entry: ↑wait
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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you wait — used to convey a threat, warning, or promise just you wait till your father comes home! … Useful english dictionary
(just) you wait — (just) you ˈwait idiom used to emphasize a threat, warning or promise • I ll be famous one day, just you wait! Main entry: ↑waitidiom … Useful english dictionary
while-you-wait — adj. [attrib.] (of a service) performed immediately a while you wait oil change … Useful english dictionary
just you wait and see — wait to see that I m right; wait to see that you ll get your just desserts … English contemporary dictionary
wait in — ˌwait ˈin [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they wait in he/she/it waits in present participle waiting in past tense … Useful english dictionary
wait — wait1 W1S1 [weıt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not go/start something)¦ 2¦(something has not happened)¦ 3 wait a minute/second/moment etc 4 somebody can t wait/can hardly wait 5 something can/can t wait 6 wait and see 7 wait until/till ... 8 be waiting (for… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wait — 1 /weIt/ verb 1 DELAY/NOT START STH (I) to not do something or go somewhere until something else happens, someone arrives etc: Hurry up! Everyone s waiting. | Wait right here until I come back. | wait for sth/sb: We had to wait over an hour for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wait — wait1 [ weıt ] verb intransitive *** 1. ) to stay in one place because you expect or hope that something will happen: Sheryl said she d be waiting in the lobby. wait for: He was attacked while he was waiting for a bus. The airport was full of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wait — [[t]we͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ waits, waiting, waited 1) VERB: no passive When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. [V for n] I walk to a street corner … English dictionary
wait — I UK [weɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms wait : present tense I/you/we/they wait he/she/it waits present participle waiting past tense waited past participle waited *** 1) a) to stay in one place because you expect or hope that something… … English dictionary
