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to pause for thought

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  • give pause for thought — ► give pause (or give pause for thought) to cause to stop and think before doing something. Main Entry: ↑pause …   English terms dictionary

  • give (someone) pause (for thought) — formal if something gives you pause, it is surprising or worrying and it makes you think more carefully about something. It was a tragedy which gave us all pause for thought …   New idioms dictionary

  • give someone pause (for thought) — phrase to make someone think carefully about something a report that should give pause to supporters of the death penalty Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or attitudessynonym Main entry: pause …   Useful english dictionary

  • give (somebody) pause for thought — give (sb) ˈpause idiom (BrE also give (sb) pause for ˈthought) (formal) to make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth • Popular resistance to the measures should give the government pause …   Useful english dictionary

  • give someone pause (for thought) — cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something. → pause …   English new terms dictionary

  • pause — ► NOUN 1) a temporary stop in action or speech. 2) Music a mark ( ) over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount. ► VERB ▪ stop temporarily. ● give pause (or give pause for thought) to Cf. ↑give pause to …   English terms dictionary

  • pause — pause1 W3 [po:z US po:z] v 1.) to stop speaking or doing something for a short time before starting again pause for ▪ She paused for a moment. ▪ He paused for breath , then continued up the hill. ▪ No, he replied, without pausing for thought .… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pause — pause1 [ pɔz ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to stop moving or stop what you are doing for a short time before starting again: She paused at the door and then left. pause for breath/thought: He talked for ten minutes, scarcely pausing for breath.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pause — [[t]pɔ͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ pauses, pausing, paused 1) VERB If you pause while you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue. It s rather embarrassing, he began, and paused... He had to pause to clear his throat... He worked… …   English dictionary

  • pause — I UK [pɔːz] / US [pɔz] verb Word forms pause : present tense I/you/we/they pause he/she/it pauses present participle pausing past tense paused past participle paused *** 1) [intransitive] to stop moving or stop what you are doing for a short time …   English dictionary

  • pause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, momentary, short, slight, small ▪ lengthy, long ▪ frequent …   Collocations dictionary

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