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hang fire
verb as in defer
verb as in hang back
verb as in postpone
Strong matches
verb as in procrastinate
verb as in stymie
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verb as in suspend
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Example Sentences
Rolling Stones podcast Hang Fire said an announcement about the album was due in September, with the release coming in October.
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.”
Moss said that officials at the ski resort pulled all other recreators down from the mountain out of concern that snow hanging above the avalanche’s crown — a so-called hang fire — might put others in danger.
Shauna Guinn, co-owner of Hang Fire in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, said the decision to close after a decade of building the business was "heart-breaking".
Ms Guinn, who owns the Hang Fire business with her partner Sam Evans, had to make 16 members of staff redundant and contact 1,300 customers to cancel their reservations last week.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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