hold fire en · VERB
Meanings
- (intransitive) To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone.
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(imperative, intransitive) To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone. ▸ Do not fire.
Hold fire!
Hold your fire!
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(intransitive) To delay taking action.
I have seen so much really credible evidence that the situation did not devolve the way we're being told it did. And then, another body of credible evidence that it was very different from what we're being told it is that I'm holding fire until I see the Warren Commission report on the assissination of JFK.
2025 September 23, Lawrence Wilkerson, Nima R Alkhorshid's Dialogue Works, YouTube:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| holds fire | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| holding fire | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held fire | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held fire | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
fire · fire · open fire · open fire