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Meaning of hold fire | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone.
    intransitive
  2. To delay taking action.
    intransitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hold firm hold forth hold good hold hands hold hard hold hostage

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