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Actually I am watching movie in which a boy proposes a girl to get married but the girl does not want to marry that boy. Here is the conversation happens between girl and boy. Girl: I don't know what to say. Boy: well don't say anything. Yet. Okay. This is my fault.

So I just want to know what is the meaning of "yet" here?

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    Don't say yes or no straight away; think about it for a while.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Jan 3, 2020 at 9:55

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well don't say anything. Yet. Okay. This is my fault.

I think it means: Don't say anything while you don't know what will happen.

Here is yet is up until the present or a specified or implied time; by now or then.

So it can also be replaced with:

Well don't say anything as yet.

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"Don't say anything yet." means the same as "Don't say anything right now."

Essentially, the young man is telling the young woman that she doesn't have to make this decision instantly; he's saying it is okay if she takes time to think it through and decide later. (Though in the context, anything but a happy "Yes!" is generally a bad sign, so the young man seems to realize that maybe this awkward proposal was a bad idea.)

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