wait and see

See also: wait-and-see

English

Verb

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.

Translations

to await the course of events

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 放長雙眼／放长双眼 (fong³ coeng⁴ soeng¹ ngaan⁵)

• Finnish: seurata tilannetta
• German: abwarten und Tee trinken (de), abwarten (de), aussitzen (de)
• Italian: stare a vedere
• Polish: przekonać się pf, doczekiwać impf, doczekać pf
• Spanish: aguardar (es), dejar pasar
• Swedish: vänta och se, avvakta (sv)

See also

• bide one's time