can't wait (for something (to happen))
- can't wait (for something (to happen))
can't wait (for something (to happen))
to be very eager, as if to be unable to endure the wait for something to happen. •
I am so eager for my birthday to come. I just can't wait.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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