Sekirov Dictionary

hold one's fire

phrase 2
verb 1
forms 3

phrase2

Do not discharge a weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder; now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.
•
(informal) Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.
- Hold your fire and let me explain.

verb1

To refrain from criticism.

forms

held one's fire · holding one's fire · holds one's fire

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