Phrase guide
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Do not discharge a 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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phrase
Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, idiomatic
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verb
To refrain from criticism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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