"hit pause" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits pause [present, singular, third-person], hitting pause [participle, present], hit pause [participle, past], hit pause [past]
Etymology: Refers to hitting a literal pause button (on a controller, etc.). Head templates: {{en-verb|hits pause|hitting pause|hit pause}} hit pause (third-person singular simple present hits pause, present participle hitting pause, simple past and past participle hit pause)
  1. (idiomatic) To pause (an activity); stop, terminate. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hit_pause-en-verb-0rjek9pe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hit pause meaning in English (1.2kB)

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  "etymology_text": "Refers to hitting a literal pause button (on a controller, etc.).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits pause",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit pause",
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    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We need to hit pause on this project for now, and switch gears to the next thing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pause (an activity); stop, terminate."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_pause-en-verb-0rjek9pe",
      "links": [
        [
          "pause",
          "pause"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
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        ],
        [
          "terminate",
          "terminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To pause (an activity); stop, terminate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit pause"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Refers to hitting a literal pause button (on a controller, etc.).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits pause",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit pause",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hits pause",
        "2": "hitting pause",
        "3": "hit pause"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We need to hit pause on this project for now, and switch gears to the next thing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pause (an activity); stop, terminate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pause",
          "pause"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "terminate",
          "terminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To pause (an activity); stop, terminate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit pause"
}

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