can wait in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "can wait",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "could wait",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "can<can,-,could,-> wait"
      },
      "expansion": "can wait (third-person singular simple present can wait, no present participle, simple past could wait, no past participle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "A response to can't wait that negates the phrase."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, sarcastic) A response to can't wait that negates the phrase."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "no-past-participle",
        "no-present-participle",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Could you move, please? I need to get by!\nI'm not done yet. You can wait.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to dismiss a concern considered urgent by another party."
      ],
      "id": "en-can_wait-en-verb-GEc8trWe",
      "tags": [
        "no-past-participle",
        "no-present-participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "can wait"
}

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{
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "can wait",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "could wait",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "can<can,-,could,-> wait"
      },
      "expansion": "can wait (third-person singular simple present can wait, no present participle, simple past could wait, no past participle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English sarcastic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A response to can't wait that negates the phrase."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "can't wait",
          "can't wait#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, sarcastic) A response to can't wait that negates the phrase."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "no-past-participle",
        "no-present-participle",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Could you move, please? I need to get by!\nI'm not done yet. You can wait.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to dismiss a concern considered urgent by another party."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-past-participle",
        "no-present-participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "can wait"
}

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"can wait" meaning in English

Verb