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hold one's fire
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Idioms and Phrases
Refrain from comment or criticism, especially for the time being. For example, Hold your fire, Jim, she's not finished yet , or Nancy decided to hold her fire until she had more information . This expression alludes to refraining from shooting a gun and originated in the military.Discover More
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The drillmaster’s wisdom quoth that the mark of the true soldier is not the ability to fire, but the courage to hold one’s fire; that the expertise is not in the hot moment of engagement, but in its delay.
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But it was hard to hold one's fire when the thud of those charging hoofs was coming closer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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