Hold fire

Synonyms for "hold fire" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Verb(3 words)
cease firingceasefiredefer action

Strong matches (3)

Verb(3 words)
delaydelay actionmoratorium

Related words (6)

Verb(6 words)
pausepause actionpause firingpostpone actionstand downtruce

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
combat protocoldecision makingdecision policyhostilities controlmilitary commandmilitary directiveoperational policyorderprocess

More specific

10 entries
cease fire orderceasefire orderdefer actionfire pauselaunch delaypostpone releaseprocurement holdproduction pausestand down orderwithhold fire

Collocations

11 entries
cease firecease firingceasefirefire pausehold your firehold-fire policymilitary directiveopen fireproduction pausestand downstand-down order

Inflections

4 entries
held firehold firesholding fireholds fire

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I have seen so much really credible evidence that the situation did not devolve the way we're being told it did. And then, another body of credible evidence that it was very different from what we're being told it is that I'm holding fire until I see the Warren Commission report on the assissination of JFK.

Source: wiktionary