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- phrase Do not discharge your
weapon . Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignitegunpowder , now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile. - phrase colloquial, idiomatic Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.
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