hit pause

English

Etymology

Refers to hitting a literal pause button (on a controller, etc.).

Verb

hit pause (third-person singular simple present hits pause, present participle hitting pause, simple past and past participle hit pause)

  1. (idiomatic) To pause (an activity); stop, terminate.
    We need to hit pause on this project for now, and switch gears to the next thing.
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