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Määritelmät
Verbit
- To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled.
- (figuratively) To wait or hold back.
Substantiivit
- (firearms) the situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.
Esimerkit
- [...] a number of Portuguese soldiers entered, one of whom, taking me for a Frenchman, for I had the French soldier's jacket on, my own being wet, snapped his piece at me, which luckily hung fire.
- We were told to hang fire on the decision until management came back with a proposal.
- “I’m just goin’ ter settle this little ——, that’s all,” said Dawes desperately.
- “What do you mean?” snapped Thomas Jordan.
- “What I say,” said Dawes, but he hung fire.
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