hold on a second

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   Ask someone to pause briefly so you can think, check, correct them, or add one more thing.

In the movies · 23

• A what? Hold on a second. Those two dots?American Movie1999
• Wait, hold on a second. Just stop for a second.Free Guy2021
• Can you hold on a second? What's her name again?The End of the Tour2015
• Hold on a second.Inception2010
• Hold on a second.Holidate2020
• Hold on a second.The Lost City2022
• Hold on a second.Funny Games2007
• just hold on a second.Circle2015

Learn it in full scenes

• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill
• Free Guy2021
  • Guy's Morning in Free City
  • Guy Orders a Cappuccino
  • Blue Shirt Guy Breaks the Rules
• The End of the Tour2015
  • Lipsky Pitches the Wallace Story
  • Dave Wallace Doesn't Drink
  • Wallace and Lipsky First Meeting

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• how you doing
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• see you later
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• are you serious
• wait a second