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can't wait

Idioms  
  1. Be very eager, anxious, or impatient, as in We can't wait for the baseball season to begin or I can't wait to see Dad—it's been a year. While the literal sense of being unable to wait (for lack of time) is much older, this figurative usage dates only from about 1930.


Example Sentences

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Can’t wait to tell you everything.

From Literature

“Good luck this afternoon! Can’t wait to see your picture in the paper!”

From Literature

But the crowds and snarled traffic have inconvenienced some including Eric Stein, a Park City resident, who said he can’t wait for the festival to leave town.

From The Wall Street Journal

"His impact on the show has been truly spectacular, and we can't wait to do it together one last time," the show's executive producer Ben Winston told The Hollywood Reporter.

From Barron's

I can’t wait to see what movies they love.

From Los Angeles Times