give pause
To give somebody cause for concern.
Here is a fact that will give you pause. Many states do not publish the voting records of their legislators.
pause
UK /pɔːz/ US /pɔːz/
noun 6verb 5intj 1
Definitions
verb
1
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
2
To stop (an activity) for a while.
The general public could therefore have been forgiven for thinking that work on the new station had stopped. But pausing work on an active construction site of this size is not straightforward.
3
To interrupt an activity and wait.
When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.
Tarry, pause a day or two.
4
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture.
5
To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
to pause a song, a video, or a computer game
Press Start at any time to pause the game.
noun
1
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
2
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
3
Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
to take pause
to give pause
4
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
5
A break or paragraph in writing.
He [Paul] is full of the Matter he treats and writes with Warmth, which uſually neglects Method, and thoſe Partitions and Pauſes which Men educated in the Schools of Rhetoricians uſually obſerve.
intj
1
Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.
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