hang fire (English, verb)
expansion: hang fire (third-person singular simple present hangs fire, present participle hanging fire, simple past and past participle hung fire)
Senses:
glosses: To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled.
raw_tags: of a firearm
glosses: To wait or hold back.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: hangs fire
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hanging fire
tags: participle
present
form: hung fire
tags: participle
past
form: hung fire
tags: past