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!

Examples of wait until/till in a Sentence

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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024 European riders will have to wait until next month for the pre-order period to start. —

Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024 This means that students vying for seats at prestigious schools should not wait until their junior or senior years to start building their admissions profiles. —

Christopher Rim, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 The decision of where to build Miami-Dade's new trash incinerator will wait until November, according to the Miami Herald. —

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