Idiom
give pause
Meaning
To give somebody cause for concern.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The high price of the car gives me pause.”
“The sudden change in the company's leadership gave the investors pause before they signed the contract.”
“The strange silence in the forest gave the experienced hikers pause, as they realized they were no longer alone.”
Examples
simple
“The high price of the car gives me pause.”
contextual
“The sudden change in the company's leadership gave the investors pause before they signed the contract.”
complex
“The strange silence in the forest gave the experienced hikers pause, as they realized they were no longer alone.”
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