hold one's fire

hold one's fire
hold one's fire
1. Lit. to refrain from shooting (a gun, etc.). •

The sergeant told the soldiers to hold their fire.

Please hold your fire until I get out of the way.

2. Fig. to postpone one's criticism or commentary. •

Now, now, hold your fire until I've had a chance to explain.

Hold your fire, Bill. You're too quick to complain.

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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 members./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • hold one's fire — keep back arguments or facts, keep from telling something You should hold your fire during the meeting and save the rest of the information until next week …   Idioms and examples

  • hold\ 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

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