Earn
Earn verb - To receive as return for effort.
Wait
Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.
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Both words in one sentence
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Earn Your Happy Ending: The day after the ball, Cinderella decides to go visit Prince Christopher herself instead of wait for him to return.
Source: Film / Cinderella -
Additionally, even if you earn a citywide wanted level, you can wait it out by hiding somewhere.
Source: I Fought the Law and the Law Won -
He asks her to marry him, but she tells him to wait, saying that she has to have time to earn her happiness.
Source: Film / The Red Kimono
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