Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, idiomatic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
hurry up + wait
