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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Then I thought, wait a minute, didn’t I buy something earlier this week?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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
He asked me to wait a minute as he handed his business card to a potential customer eyeing cars on the lot.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
“Momma, wait a minute, I can’t move, Joey’s got me by the arm and if I move—” Momma pointed her finger at Byron and said, “Don’t you move a muscle.”
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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