can wait

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can wait (third-person singular simple present can wait, no present participle, simple past could wait, no past participle)

  1. (informal, sarcastic) A response to can't wait that negates the phrase.
  2. Used to dismiss a concern considered urgent by another party.
    Could you move, please? I need to get by!
    I'm not done yet. You can wait.