hang fire
Example Sentences
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Writing in The Guardian, he said that crises “don’t take holidays, and don’t politely hang fire – certainly not to suit the convenience of a departing PM and the whims of two potential successors.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
Would Ly not have done better to let “Les Misérables” hang fire at dusk, the evening before?
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2020
A movie as cryptic as “Burning” deserves to hang fire.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2018
The moments that can sometimes hang fire – most notably the altercation between Ivan and Kaschey and the build up to the Infernal Dance – were full of terrific tension and drama.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2013
"Oh, I do hope they will!" cried Nan, bubbling up with the instantaneous feminine excitement which generally obtains when a love-affair, after seeming to hang fire, at last culminates in a bonâ fide engagement.
From The Moon out of Reach by Margaret Pedler
