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Hold your fire and let me explain.
Submitted on September 01, 2009
Additional definitions for 'hold your fire':
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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गुस्सा काबू में रखें
உங்கள் நெருப்பைப் பிடித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்
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