To refrain from criticism.

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.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, one's, breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.

(idiomatic, obsolete, informal) An estate held by a man during his wife's life.

(idiomatic, Britain) A place that has too much police activity to harbor a fugitive unnoticed.

(physiology, dated) To restrain one's urge to urinate. / (idiomatic) To be patient; to control one's impulses.

(Norfolk, idiomatic, imperative) Wait for a moment. Be patient.

To pinch one's nostrils closed with one's fingers, usually to block out an unpleasant smell. / (figuratively) To reluctantly overcome one's revulsion.

(idiomatic, colloquial) To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility.

(soccer, idiomatic) A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field.