v.
stop temporarily.
▸temporarily interrupt (a process or device).
n.
a temporary stop in action or speech.
▸Music a mark (6) over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount.
▸a control allowing the temporary interruption of recording, playback, or other process.
Phrase
- give someone pause
(for thought)
cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. pausa, from Gk pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.
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