just a second

Meaning

1. Oxford95% of films

   used to ask sb to wait for a short time

In the movies · 48

• Oh, no, no, wait just a second.Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
• Eddy? Hey. - Just a second.All the President's Men1976
• Yes, he's right here. He wants to talk to you. Just a second.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
• Yeah, just a second.Whatever Works2009
• Just a second!You've Got Mail1998
• just a second beforeThe Matrix Resurrections2021
• Just a second.The Social Network2010
• Just a second.The Spanish Prisoner1997

Learn it in full scenes

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
  • Puss Crashes His Own Fiesta
  • Puss Learns He Has Died
  • The Doctor Gives Puss His Last Life
• All the President's Men1976
  • Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars
  • Woodward Traces the White House Call
  • Who Gets the Watergate Story
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
  • Major Kong's Pep Talk
  • General Turgidson Dodges Calls
  • Mandrake Confronts General Ripper

From the same entry

• could just as well
• it is just as well
• just about
• just like that
• just now
• just so
• just then
• not just yet
• I, would just as soon do
• in case
• just the ticket

More everyday phrases

• see you soon
• of course
• we need to talk
• excuse me
• i'm proud of you
• tell me the truth
• what are you doing here
• no doubt
• good evening
• you never know
• i'm okay
• here's the deal