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hold your fire

Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.
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Hold your fire and let me explain.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'hold your fire':

hold your fireDo 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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गुस्सा काबू में रखें

உங்கள் நெருப்பைப் பிடித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்

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