Mom: John, what happened to the scotch tape?
Boy: Won't be a minute.
Mom: By the time he brings me the scotch tape, Christmas will have come and gone.
Boy: I'll just be a minute.
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What does "I'll just be a minute" mean?
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He is telling his Mom that he will come to her, talk to her, give her his attention, after a very short period of time. Clive
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He is telling his Mom that he will come to her, talk to her, give her his attention, after a very short period of time.
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