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wait and see
wait and seeTo act with caution and patience until something happens. I guess I just have to wait and see until the doctor calls with the test results.See also: and, see, waitwait and seeBide one's time for events to run their course, as in Do you think they'll raise taxes?-We'll have to wait and see. This expression was first recorded in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719): "We had no remedy but to wait and see." In Britain the phrase became associated with Prime Minister H.H. Asquith, who in 1910 so often said it to the opposition regarding an impending bill that he became known as "Old Wait and See." See also: and, see, waitˌwait and ˈsee be patient and wait to find out about something later: ‘Where are you taking me?’ ‘Wait and see.’ ♢ There’s nothing we can do at the moment. We’ll just have to wait and see.See also: and, see, waitwait and seeBide one’s time and await developments. Daniel Defoe used this term in Robinson Crusoe (1719): “We had no remedy but to wait and see.” In England it became firmly associated with Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, because it was his repeated reply to demands by the opposition that he reveal in advance, against precedent, the terms of an impending bill to the members of the House of Commons (1910). A popular song making fun of Asquith did much to perpetuate his new nickname, Old Wait and See.See also: and, see, waitAcronymsSeeWAS |