Usually means: Observe before taking any action.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. wait and see: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wait and see: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wait and see: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. wait-and-see, wait and see: Wiktionary
  5. wait and see: Dictionary.com
  6. Wait and See (Brandon Heath song), Wait and See (album), Wait and See: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. wait and see: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

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  1. wait and see: Idioms

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  1. wait and see: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wait and see)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To await the course of events before taking action.

Similar:
stand by, posticipate, hold tight, wait for, look before one leaps, play for time, keep one's powder dry, wait one's turn, wait till the clouds roll by, outwait, more...

Opposite:
take action, be proactive, make move, act decisively

Phrases:
person of wait and see, more...

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Similar:
stand by, posticipate, hold tight, wait for, look before one leaps, play for time, keep one's powder dry, wait one's turn, wait till the clouds roll by, outwait, more...

Opposite:
take action, be proactive, make move, act decisively

Phrases:
person of wait and see, more...



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