keep waiting

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   to go on waiting or expecting something that still has not happened

   I keep waiting for the big reveal.

In the movies · 27

• You've kept us waiting 700 years.Michael Collins1996
• Why have you kept me waiting so long?Sunset Boulevard1950
• We kept you waiting all afternoon, because I wanted to hear from you last.Knives Out2019
• I keep waiting for the big reveal.Knives Out2019
• We can't keep waiting. It's quarter past.tick, tick... BOOM!2021
• Let's keep waiting. It's only been- Sutter!The Spectacular Now2013
• well, I wouldn't keep her waiting.Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
• Sorry to keep you waiting.Don't Look Up2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Sunset Boulevard1950
  • The Repo Men Come for the Car
  • Joe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount
  • Joe Is Mistaken for the Undertaker
• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
  • Interviewing for the Dead Letter Office
  • The Best Man's Wedding Checklist
  • Oliver's Mother Stays Four Days

From the same entry

• an accident disaster waiting to happen
• I, they, can't wait hardly wait
• wait and see
• wait at table
• wait for it
• wait a minute
• wait on hand and foot
• wait tables
• wait till
• what are we waiting for
• what are you waiting for
• you wait

More idioms

• whatever you do
• of all time
• to the best of your knowledge
• for the record
• get hold of
• get the ball rolling
• in addition
• put mind at ease
• take the easy way out
• the half of it
• stay put
• all at once