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keep your powder dry
idiom
to wait before taking action, but be ready to take action if it is necessary:
I think some potential candidates are going to keep their powder dry and see how it's playing out.
I'm going to keep my powder dry and get as much information as I can before I commit to anything.
We are keeping some powder dry in case markets fall again.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Avoiding action
abrogate
abrogation
avoid
avoid something like the plagueidiom
avoidance
elude
end-run
eschew
evader
evasion
fiddle
insure
shirk
short circuit
shrink from something
shy away from something
sit on your arseidiom
steer
welch
Welsh
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