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hang fire
verb
To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled.
Exact(41)
It was a time to hang fire.
For, sometimes, it is good to hang fire.
I'm going to hang fire just the same.
Why didn't she stop after the first line, leaving it to hang fire?
The film is irreverent, boisterous and enjoyable even when the gags hang fire.
We should hang fire with lavish congratulations towards The Royal Troon Golf Club.
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The Crown's expert witnesses could not offer an explanation as to why the gun would've just gone off while the defence presented anecdotal evidence on the existence of hang fires.
The film never drags, but it hangs fire.
There are certainly moments when this production hangs fire.
Since then the project hung fire in the face of protests by environmentalists and social activists.
It seems incredible today that this great masterpiece should have hung fire.
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