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wait and see

Bide 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.”

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"You have to stay tuned. Wait and see," Shakira teases.

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"We know what's going to happen so it's not possible to wait and see what's going to happen," she said.

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“We’re just gonna wait and see what’s next, but we’re not surprised by this administration anymore,” Andres said.

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So far, she said, "the pharmaceutical industry's attitude has kind of been like, wait and see."

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A first client visit exists for witnessing, to wait and see what the dying need from you, and to build trust.

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