hit the pause button

hit the pause button

English

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To pause some process; to make a temporary halt.
    • 2026 February 17, Sean Seddon, Angus Thompson, Bernadette McCague, "Dual nationals face scramble for UK passports as new rules come into force" (BBC News) [1]
      She has called on the government to "urgently hit the pause button" and introduce a "low-cost, one-off travel authorisation" for dual nationals who have found their travel plans disrupted.
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