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Definition of Hold your fire
1. Phrase. Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile. ¹
2. Phrase. (colloquial idiomatic) Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet. ¹
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