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

While a whole other side was saying, well, wait a minute, what about Nicole Brown Simpson? —NPR, 11 Apr. 2024

Shake it up and wait a minute for the slush to melt before pouring. —Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2024

When prompted, select the R2-4K Pro from the list of devices and wait a second or two for the dash cam to connect to the app. —PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2024

So Why Can't Southerners Figure Out What Salad Is? Now wait a minute. —Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023

Back on the smartphone app a moment later, a message said to wait a moment. —David Ingram, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023

But wait a minute, power in Hollywood … isn’t that … the Jews? —Jonah Platt, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023

Pour a little cool or cold water over the grounds to wet them, wait a minute, then pour the rest through, preferably using some sort of filter to separate the water from the grounds. —Jaina Grey, WIRED, 30 June 2023

During her monologue, Mulligan mentioned that her husband, Marcus Mumford, was at home with their kids, but then—wait a second—Mumford popped up in the back of the audience. —Hilary Weaver, ELLE, 4 Sep. 2023