wait until/till

idiom

—used to emphasize that a future event is going to be very surprising, important, troublesome, etc.

Wait till you see their new house. It's just beautiful!

You think you're in trouble now? Just wait until your father finds out what you did, young lady!

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Oh, and please don't wait until the last second to file. —

Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Users with Trump contracts can either sell each contract as its value changes, or wait until the result is determined and receive a full $1 per contract if Trump wins. —

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Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 The campaign will wait until the dust has cleared a bit more before making an official statement. —

Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wait until/till

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