wait for it
idiom
chiefly British, informal
—used to emphasize that the following statement is foolish, surprising, funny, etc.
He says he was fired because—wait for it—he refused to compromise his principles.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
And … wait for it … a friend of Sinatra, who called him Little Dickie Gilbert. …
The soldiers at The D.C. Party were not trained in precision marching.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
To top it off, one of them is carrying a — wait for it — Mexican flag.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Don’t wait for it to fester; chances are, like an infection, a legal issue will only get worse without attention.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
And … wait for it … a friend of Sinatra, who called him Little Dickie Gilbert. …
The soldiers at The D.C. Party were not trained in precision marching.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
To top it off, one of them is carrying a — wait for it — Mexican flag.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Don’t wait for it to fester; chances are, like an infection, a legal issue will only get worse without attention.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wait for it
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“Wait for it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20for%20it. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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