can't wait

Idioms and Phrases

Be very eager, anxious, or impatient, as in We can't wait for the baseball season to begin or I can't wait to see Dad—it's been a year . While the literal sense of being unable to wait (for lack of time) is much older, this figurative usage dates only from about 1930.

Example Sentences

Perhaps you better run down to Miss Mason, and see if she has time to fit them, if you think you cant wait till we get back.

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My master gets it, and not I. Make haste and give me twelve pence—I cant wait.

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Not near as much light as shell be giving when she gets higher, he said, softly; but then, I guess we cant wait for that.

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We cant wait for what you believe, said Arrelsford roughly, this time taking a step toward the door.

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I cant wait to show you its feetyou never did see such little toes in your life.

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