hang+fire

  • 21hang fire — phrasal 1. to be slow in the explosion of a charge after its primer has been discharged 2. delay, hesitate 3. to remain unsettled or unresolved …

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  • 22hang fire — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drag on, remain unsettled, remain unfinished, recommence; see continue 2 , resume …

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  • 23hang fire — delay, wait …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 24hang fire — Be long or slow in discharging (said of a gun) …

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  • 25hang fire — idi a) (of a weapon) to be delayed in exploding or firing b) to be kept in a state of delay …

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  • 26Hang — (h[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h[a^]ngd) or {Hung} (h[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hanging}. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE …

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  • 27hang — ► VERB (past and past part. hung except in sense 2) 1) suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. 2) (past and past part. hanged) kill or be killed by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the… …

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  • 28hang — [haŋ] vt. HUNG, hanging; for vt. 3 & vi. 5, hanged is the preferred pt. & pp. hung [ME hangen, with form < OE vi. hangian & ON vi. hanga; senses < these, also < OE vt. hon & ON caus. v. hengja; akin to Ger vi. hangen, vt. hängen, to… …

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  • 29hang — hang1 W2S1 [hæŋ] v past tense and past participle hung [hʌŋ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(top part fastened)¦ 2¦(picture etc)¦ 3¦(kill/be killed)¦ 4¦(paper)¦ 5¦(door)¦ 6¦(mist/smoke/smell)¦ 7 hang open 8 hang in the balance 9 hang by a thread …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30hang — 1 verb past tense and past participle hung /h / 1 HANG FROM ABOVE a) (T) to fix or put something in a position so that the bottom part is free to move and does not touch the ground: Hang your coat on the hook. b) (intransitive always + adv/prep)… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English