"wait and see" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: waits and sees [present, singular, third-person], waiting and seeing [participle, present], waited and saw [past], waited and seen [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wait<> and see<,,saw,seen>}} wait and see (third-person singular simple present waits and sees, present participle waiting and seeing, simple past waited and saw, past participle waited and seen)
  1. (intransitive) To await the course of events before taking action. Tags: intransitive Related terms: bide one's time Translations (to await the course of events): 放長雙眼 (Chinese Cantonese), 放长双眼 (fong³ coeng⁴ soeng¹ ngaan⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), seurata tilannetta (Finnish), abwarten und Tee trinken (German), abwarten (German), aussitzen (German), stare a vedere (Italian), przekonać się [perfective] (Polish), doczekiwać [imperfective] (Polish), doczekać [perfective] (Polish), aguardar (Spanish), dejar pasar (Spanish), vänta och se (Swedish), avvakta (Swedish)
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        "(intransitive) To await the course of events before taking action."
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          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "放長雙眼"
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          "roman": "fong³ coeng⁴ soeng¹ ngaan⁵",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "放长双眼"
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          "sense": "to await the course of events",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "abwarten und Tee trinken"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "aussitzen"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "stare a vedere"
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          "sense": "to await the course of events",
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          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "aguardar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "dejar pasar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to await the course of events",
          "word": "vänta och se"
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          "sense": "to await the course of events",
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "放長雙眼"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fong³ coeng⁴ soeng¹ ngaan⁵",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "放长双眼"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "seurata tilannetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "abwarten und Tee trinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "abwarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "aussitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "stare a vedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "przekonać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "doczekiwać"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "doczekać"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "aguardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "dejar pasar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "vänta och se"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to await the course of events",
      "word": "avvakta"
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