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on the edge of one's seat

on the edge of one's seat prepositional phrase: in suspense; waiting eagerly or anxiously for some resolution.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In suspense; waiting eagerly or anxiously for some resolution.
    • The movie had me on the edge of my seat right from the beginning.

Questions about on the edge of one's seat

What does on the edge of one's seat mean?
On the edge of one's seat means in suspense; waiting eagerly or anxiously for some resolution.
What part of speech is on the edge of one's seat?
On the edge of one's seat is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the edge of one's seat in the dictionary

  1. on the drum
  2. on the dry
  3. on the earie
  4. on the edge
  5. on the edge of
  6. on the edge of one's seat
  7. on the face of
  8. on the face of it
  9. on the face of the earth
  10. on the fence
  11. on the fiddle

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