Be very eager, anxious, or impatient, as in We can't wait for the baseball season to begin or I can't wait to see Dad--it's been a year. While the literal sense of being unable to wait (for lack of time) is much older, this figurative usage dates only from about 1930.
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- Birth of a Keaton, Part I: Family Ties (TV Episode) (1984 Comedy TV Episode)
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