wait a minute
Idioms-
Stop, I want to say something, as in Wait a minute—he wasn't there yesterday .
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What a surprise, as in Wait a minute! It was you who called the police? For a similar phrase, see hold everything .
Example Sentences
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Now, you’re probably thinking, wait a minute, I can already do that at more and more airports with those new CT bag scanners and don’t have PreCheck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Like, wait a minute, you didn't pay anything at all, and yet you still have complaints?" she said with a snicker.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
"I thought, wait a minute, shopping has become the national pastime, and nobody has written about it," Kinsella said of her bestselling series.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
“But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
“Oh, wait a minute now, I can throw down in the kitchen, too!”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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