wait for it

idiom

chiefly British, informal

—used to emphasize that the following statement is foolish, surprising, funny, etc.

He says he was fired because—wait for it—he refused to compromise his principles.

Examples of wait for it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As politicians, ag commissioners take campaign money from Big Sugar, fertilizer companies and grocery stores to run for an office that regulates (wait for it) sugar, fertilizer companies and, in part, grocery stores. —Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025

And, wait for it, a knock-your-socks-off $22,399, or 47%, goes to the cost of housing. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025

Librarian-Chic How on earth did Crash, of all things, win the best-picture Oscar over—wait for it–Munich; Good Night, and Good Luck; Capote; and Brokeback Mountain? —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025

Don’t just sit back and wait for it, though, put yourself out there to welcome it in. —Kyle Thomas, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for wait for it

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• monazite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit