hold your fire
Cease shooting now
Hold your fire is a command to stop shooting or refrain from shooting, originally military: Hold your fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
Figuratively, it means to wait before acting or criticizing: Hold your fire—let's hear her explanation first.
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- standdownEnd of heightened alertness
- waitDelay until later
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- rules of engagementConstraints on military action
trigger · trigger discipline · aim · soldier · command · crosshairs · restrain · halt · order · military · target · ambush · rifle · squad · sergeant · discipline · caution · hesitate
- fire idiomsfan the flames, spread like wildfire, go up in flames, go up in smoke, up in smoke
- military commandsattention, halt, fall back, advance, attack
- Shooting termstake aim, on target, bulls eye, dead center, lock on