wait a minute

1. Stop, I want to say something, as in Wait a minute—he wasn't there yesterday .

2. What a surprise, as in Wait a minute! It was you who called the police? For a similar phrase, see hold everything .

Example Sentences

“I said, wait a minute, why am I even thinking about that? Why do I care what other people perceive of the CEO of Robinhood?” he said.

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Wait a minute, you may be thinking, aren’t tariffs taxes?

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“And we kind of did the ‘but wait a minute.

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“That’s the ultimate fertile field for financial fraud. ...As long as everything works nobody asks questions. It isn’t until something stumbles, or the markets stumble, that people say ‘wait a minute what are we doing here, this doesn’t make any sense.’

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“Historically, we’ve done that here in L.A. a little bit with someone that’s ‘OK, wait a minute, they’re bright, they have passion for football, they might not have, let’s call it, professional experience, but lets bring them in, find them a seat on the bus and see where it goes from there.”

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