To pause upon

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to deliberate concerning.

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See also: Pause

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So saying, and without showing the least anxiety to pause upon his aim, Locksley stept to the appointed station, and shot his arrow as carelessly in appearance as if he had not even looked at the mark.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter View in context

Though not a very broad river in the dry seasons of the year, it was now swollen by heavy rains and by the melting of the snow on the sides of Mount Olympus; and it thundered so loudly, and looked so wild and dangerous, that Jason, bold as he was, thought it prudent to pause upon the brink.

Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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