wait till the clouds roll by

verb

To await more favourable circumstances.

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Meanings

verbwait till the clouds roll by (third-person singular simple present waits till the clouds roll by, present participle waiting till the clouds roll by, simple past and past participle waited till the clouds roll by)

present singular third person waits till the clouds roll by · participle present waiting till the clouds roll by · participle past waited till the clouds roll by · past waited till the clouds roll by

  1. idiomaticTo await more favourable circumstances.

    At this crisis in the match Bradman and Hassett waited till the clouds rolled by.

    1948, Bruce Harris, With England in Australia: The Truth about the Tests, page 183
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