hold fire (English, verb)
expansion: hold fire (third-person singular simple present holds fire, present participle holding fire, simple past and past participle held fire)
Senses:
glosses: To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To delay taking action.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: holds fire
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holding fire
tags: participle
present
form: held fire
tags: participle
past
form: held fire
tags: past