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hold your fire

Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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hold your fireWait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.
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teni vian fajron

mantén tu fuego

Segure seu fogo.

停止射擊

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