wait-and-see

Chunk: wait-and-see

Formulaic Unit

Meaning: An idiom advising patience; waiting patiently to discover what will happen in the future because the outcome is currently unknown.

We won't know the test results until tomorrow, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Taking a wait and see approach might be the safest strategy right now.

Practice 1: I don't know if the new manager is any good; we'll just have to wait and ______.

Answer: see

Practice 2: Instead of panicking, let's just ______ and see what happens.

Answer: wait