hold fire in All languages combined

Forms: holds fire [present, singular, third-person], holding fire [participle, present], held fire [participle, past], held fire [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> fire}} hold fire (third-person singular simple present holds fire, present participle holding fire, simple past and past participle held fire)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "holds fire",
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    },
    {
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        "To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone."
      ],
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          "firearm",
          "firearm"
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        "(intransitive) To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To delay taking action."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_fire-en-verb-9H~kpx7m",
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        [
          "delay",
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        ],
        [
          "taking action",
          "take action"
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) To delay taking action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold fire"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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        "To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone."
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        "(intransitive) To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To delay taking action."
      ],
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        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
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        [
          "taking action",
          "take action"
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        "(intransitive) To delay taking action."
      ],
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      ]
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}

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"hold fire" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms