to hold fire

  • 1hold fire — hang/hold fire to delay doing something, especially making a decision, because you are waiting to see what will happen. It would have been good to settle the matter now, but I think we should hang fire until the general situation becomes clearer …

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  • 2hold fire — phrasal : to refrain from expressing oneself or from taking action held fire on specific foreign policy questions New York Times * * * hang/hold ˈfire idiom to delay or be delayed in taking action • The project had hung fire for several years for …

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  • 3hold fire — sulaikyti ugnį statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Oro erdvės gynybos metu – įsakymas sustabdyti ugnį kritinės padėties atveju. Jau skriejančios raketos turi būti sulaikytos nuo gaudymo, jeigu tai įmanoma techniškai. atitikmenys: angl. hold fire… …

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  • 4hold\ fire — • hold (one s) fire v. phr. To keep back arguments or facts; keep from telling something. Tow could have hurt Fred by telling what he knew, but he held his fire. Mary held fire until she had enough information to convince the other club members …

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  • 5hold fire — See: HOLD ONE S FIRE …

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  • 6hold fire — See: HOLD ONE S FIRE …

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  • 7hold fire — verb To wait for an opportunity to shoot at something or someone …

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  • 8hold fire! — command to stop firing weapons …

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  • 9hold one's fire — or[hold fire] {v. phr.} To keep back arguments or facts; keep from telling something. * /Tow could have hurt Fred by telling what he knew, but he held his fire./ * /Mary held fire until she had enough information to convince the other club… …

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  • 10hold one's fire — or[hold fire] {v. phr.} To keep back arguments or facts; keep from telling something. * /Tow could have hurt Fred by telling what he knew, but he held his fire./ * /Mary held fire until she had enough information to convince the other club… …

    Dictionary of American idioms