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just a minute
Wait a little bit. This expression is used before explaining oneself, as in Just a minute, I didn't mean that he was wrong , or to stop someone from something, as in Just a moment, I was here first . Also see hold everything .
Only a very short time, as in I'll be with you in just a minute .
Idioms and Phrases
Also, just a moment .Example Sentences
Lucas Bergvall, instrumental in Spurs' first goal, then coughed up possession too easily in an instant, leaving Matheus Cunha to race clear and score just a minute later.
On the evening of 12 March, police officers and soldiers gathered nearby to plan a raid on the site, located just a minute's walk from Guo's office in the Municipal Hall.
I want to return to New York in just a minute, but you've written, and you've mentioned here, that you think the neoliberal era of the Democratic Party needs to end.
Olsen: If you鈥檒l indulge me in being a little overly literal for just a minute, one of the things I have really enjoyed in rewatching 鈥淐hallengers鈥 is the fact that it does seem as if the level of manipulation happening among those three characters, you can read it a lot of different ways.
鈥淚 said, 鈥楯ust a minute, are you telling me to get rid of some of my Social Security benefits?鈥欌
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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