wait/just a minute

idiom

informal

1

—used to tell someone to wait or to stop for a brief time

"Aren't you finished yet?" "Just a minute. I'm almost done."

Wait a minute—I didn't hear you. Could you repeat what you said?

Wait just a minute, young man. Where do you think you're going?

2

—used to express surprise or disbelief

Hey, wait a minute! That's not what you said yesterday!

Examples of wait/just a minute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The wreckage The plane that had just a minute ago been safely on the Ahmedabad runway had now gone up in flames, just under a mile from the airport. —Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025

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

The video also showed Becerra leaning into the window of a passing car just a minute before he was shot. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

The Jets left Rantanen, of all people, all alone just a minute into the third period, free to attack Hellebuyck from the right wing and into the slot. —Murat Ates, New York Times, 17 May 2025