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Wait for the other shoe to drop

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.

2.verbTo await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.

Synonyms

wait for the ball to drop see which way the cat jumps hang tight hold out bide one's time hold up wait around hang back hold one's breath hang fire let the chips fall where they may hang on

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