'hang fire' definitions:
Synonyms of 'hang fire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjourn,
- be a sideliner,
- be dilatory,
- be still,
- be unproductive,
- bring up,
- bring up short,
- cease fire,
- coast,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- come up short,
- continue,
- defer,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drag out,
- draw up,
- drift,
- extend,
- fetch up,
- filibuster,
- fizzle out,
- fust,
- gain time,
- halt,
- hang,
- hang back,
- hang up,
- hesitate,
- hibernate,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- idle,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- lie dormant,
- lie fallow,
- make time,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- peter out,
- pigeonhole,
- play for time,
- postpone,
- procrastinate,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- pull up,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- recess,
- reserve,
- rest,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- sleep,
- sleep on,
- slumber,
- smolder,
- stagnate,
- stall,
- stall for time,
- stall off,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stick,
- stooge around,
- stop,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- take a recess,
- talk against time,
- temporize,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- waive,
- watch and wait