hit pause

Verb

Meaning

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

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

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