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HANG FIRE (3)
HANG FIRE (3)
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delay
firing
.
After
the trigger is
pulled
, a
gun
sometimes doesn't go off. This is called a "
hang-fire
" or delayed
fire
if it then goes off
late
. Used figuratively in the lecture.
—ExDn Lectures Approved Glossary: Expanded
Dianetics
(30 March 1972)