hold your fire (hold your fire)

Idiom Conflict

Signification

to delay taking action or making a response

retarder la prise d'action ou la réponse (retarder la prise d'action ou la réponse)

Phrases d'exemple

"He told his team to hold their fire until he gave the signal."

"Il a dit à son équipe de tenir leur feu jusqu'à ce qu'il donne le signal." (Il a dit a son equipe de tenir leur feu jusqu'à ce qu'il donne le signal.)

Expressions Connexes

behind the times

old-fashioned or not keeping up with modern ideas

Catch on

To begin to understand something.

out of left field

something unexpected or surprising

taste of success

to experience success for the first time

Cheer up

Become happier; don’t be sad.

bite someone’s head off

to speak angrily to someone without reason