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Meaning of wait for Godot | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To wait hopelessly.

idiomatic

Examples

“But waiting for the connection between gender and parenting to be broken is waiting for Godot; pretending that children have no impact on a woman's career is turning the exception into the rule.”
“We are waiting not for a Godot, but for another ­– doubtless very different – St. Benedict.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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