"waiting for the other shoe to drop" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} waiting for the other shoe to drop
  1. present participle and gerund of wait for the other shoe to drop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wait for the other shoe to drop
    Sense id: en-waiting_for_the_other_shoe_to_drop-en-verb-7RSxlGtx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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