Synonyms of hangs fire

hangs fire

phrase

present tense third-person singular of hang fire

as in delays

to move or act slowly

He asked his team to hang fire until he was ready.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delays
• crawls
• pokes
• lingers
• drags
• marks time
• falls behind
• drops behind
• lollygags
• dillydallies
• drags one's heels
• creeps
• strolls
• plays
• lallygags
• lags
• drags one's feet
• stalls
• loiters
• potters (around)
• shilly-shallies
• takes one's time
• shuffles
• hangs (around or out)
• dawdles
• fiddles (around)
• putters (around)
• mopes
• diddles
• lounges
• monkeys (around)
• fools around
• tarries
• dallies
• messes around
• temporizes
• slows (down or up)
• inches
• staggers
• idles
• trifles
• loafs
• saunters
• decelerates
• ambles
• procrastinates
• eases
• lolls
• filibusters
• plods
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• courses
• races
• tears
• careers
• barrels
• speeds
• flies
• runs
• rockets
• bolts
• rushes
• rips
• dashes
• hastens
• zips
• bowls
• whizzes
• hurries
• breezes
• darts
• scurries
• scuds
• speeds (up)
• whirls
• whisks
• humps
• scoots
• scrambles
• hurtles
• hotfoots (it)
• runs
• hustles
• stampedes
• jogs
• sprints
• trots
• accelerates
• gallops
• catches up
• quickens
• overtakes
• outruns
• outstrips
• outpaces
• fast-forwards