(wait) in the wings

to be ready to do something when the opportunity comes.

Other companies were waiting in the wings to sell similar drugs at much lower prices.

The novel has sold well in the hardcover edition, and a paperback edition waits in the wings.

Etymology: based on the idea of an actor who waits in the wings (= areas to each side of a stage) before appearing on stage

• would see someone in hell before would
• would see someone in hell before would do something
• would see someone in hell before you would
• would see someone in hell before you would do something
• wrap around little finger
• wrap around your little finger
• wrap in the flag
• wrap round little finger
• wrap round your little finger
• wrap someone around little finger
• wrap someone around your little finger
• wrap someone round little finger
• wrap someone round your little finger
• wrap someone up in cotton wool
• wrap up
• wrap up in cotton wool
• wrap up something
• wrap yourself in the flag
• wreak havoc
• wrestle with
• wrestle with something
• wring hands
• wring out of
• wring out of someone
• wring something out of