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give pause

[give pause] {v. phr.} To cause you to stop and think; make you doubt or worry. * /The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give one pause

[give one pause] {v. phr.} To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. * /"Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Lee Iacocca

(1924--) U.S. businessman We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need? www.english-slang.com

Clemens Kirchner

Peace: a short pause between wars for enemy identification. www.english-slang.com

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