I can wait Идиома

lie in wait

watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone The police decided to lie in wait for the bank robbers to appear at the bank.

wait a minute

pause for a short time, think about this, hold it Wait a minute. Before we visit Doris, let's phone her.

wait a sec

wait for a second, wait up Wait a sec, Mag. I'll be right there.

wait around

wait to see what will happen, hang around Let's wait around and see if the bird returns to its nest.

wait for the other shoe to drop

wait for the final step, wait for the conclusion, leave me hanging He said he'd make two changes. First, he resigned. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

wait on customers

serve customers in a restaurant or store Please wait on the customers in the lounge. Take their orders.

wait on hand and foot

serve someone in every possible way, do everything for someone I always wait hand and foot on my sister when she comes to visit me.

wait on tables

(See wait on customers)

wait on you hand and foot

serve you, bring everything you want, suck up to Anna says she's tired of waiting on you hand and foot. She won't be your slave anymore.

wait up

wait for me, wait until I catch up Danny, wait up. I want to talk to you.

I can wait

I accept abundant time and backbone to delay for as continued as it takes for you to do or say what I want. Often acclimated in a acerb or aggressive accent as a agency of putting burden on the added person. A: "I'm sorry, I apperceive I accept your money actuality somewhere. Do you appetite to appear aback tomorrow?" B: "Nope. Keeping looking—I can wait." A: "Sir, it's activity to be at atomic an hour afore your adjustment is ready." B: "I can wait. I'm not abrogation actuality after it."Learn more: can, wait

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wait a minute wait a sec wait around wait for the other shoe to drop wait on customers wait on hand and foot wait on tables wait on you hand and foot wait up wait up for wait with bated breath wake up wake up and smell the coffee wake up on the wrong side of bed wake with a start walk walk a straight line hypothesize on (something) I (can) promise you I (do something), therefore I am I (do) declare! I ain't mad at it I am (someone), hear me (do something) I am not my brother's keeper I am so sure! I am what I am I am woman, hear me roar! I approve this message I ask you I ask you! I beg to differ I beg to disagree I beg your pardon I beg your pardon, but (something) I beg yours I believe so I believe we've met I believe you, (but) thousands wouldn't I came, I saw, I conquered I can accept that I can live with that I can tell you I can wait I can't accept that I can't believe it/that/this I can't believe! I can't even I can't get over I can't hear you over the sound of (something) I can't remember the last time (something happened) I can't thank you enough I can't understand (it) I could (just) spit I could care less I could eat a horse I could eat a horse! I could have bitten my tongue off I could murder (some kind of food) I could murder a... I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you I couldn’t care less I couldn't agree more I couldn't ask you to do that I couldn't have said it better myself I couldn't hear you over the sound of (something) I dare be bound I dare say