wait a minute/moment/second

idiom

1

—used to tell someone to stop and wait briefly

Wait a minute. I need to tie my shoe.

If you will just wait a second, I can explain what happened.

2

—used to interrupt someone or something because one has noticed, thought of, or remembered something

Wait a second—that's not what she said.

Wait a minute. I just remembered where I put the keys.

Examples of wait a minute/moment/second in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Make movies that aren’t just reboots — wait a second. —Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025

If the sellouts happened, maybe Major League Baseball says, ‘Hey, wait a minute! —Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025

And what was the pressing matter that couldn’t possibly wait a second longer? —Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 3 July 2025

All this season’s team is missing is an inner-circle Hall of Famer going for career milestones, and … wait a second. —Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 21 May 2025

Please wait a moment as our team discusses how best to escalate the suspense of what is to come. —Hazlitt, 13 May 2025

And that to me, as an audience tells me, wait a second, there's something here. —H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

Is that — wait a minute — the same parking lot where the infamous (and allegedly false) Nicole Kidman after signing the Tom Cruise divorce papers meme takes place? —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025

So to have been in the process of moving on and creating a new chapter, then to be pulled back and be told like, 'Whoa, wait a minute. —EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025