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waits for the other shoe to drop

waits for the other shoe to drop is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wait for the other shoe to drop.

Meaning of wait for the other shoe to drop

Verb

wait for the other shoe to drop (third-person singular simple present waits for the other shoe to drop, present participle waiting for the other shoe to drop, simple past and past participle waited for the other shoe to drop)

  1. (idiomatic) To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
  2. (idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.
    • After the tournament, Player admitted that all through the final round he had been nervously waiting for more trouble. "It was like waiting for the other shoe to drop."1969 August 29, “Golf: The Confidence Man”, in Time

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Waits for the other shoe to drop is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wait for the other shoe to drop.

Words near waits for the other shoe to drop in the dictionary

  1. waits around
  2. waits for
  3. waits for Godot
  4. waits for the ball to drop
  5. waits for the cat to jump
  6. waits for the other shoe to drop
  7. waits in the wings
  8. waits on
  9. waits on hand, foot and finger
  10. waits on someone hand and foot
  11. waits on someone hand, foot and finger

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