we'll see
Maybe, maybe not
We'll see is a noncommittal response to a request or suggestion, often from a parent to a child: Can we get ice cream? We'll see.
It defers a decision without saying yes or no, though it frequently leans toward no.
The phrase can also express genuine uncertainty about future outcomes: We'll see how it goes.
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- perhapsExpressing uncertainty
- uncertainNot firmly known
- waitDelay until later
- patienceCalm during delays
give it time · hesitation · doubtful · tentative · noncommittal · shrug · let me think · pause · limbo · pending · up in the air · depends · time · future · outcome · suspense · cross that bridge · ambiguous
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
- future talkgoing to, coming soon, up next, eventually, someday
decisiveness
we'll seeno question
Complete certainty expressed
case closed · done deal · decided · final answer · end of discussion
will, see, ourselves, seen, seeing, sees, seer, seers, viewer