To interrupt an activity and wait.
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
A break or paragraph in writing.
Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate
A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
In social interactions, to request a deferral of an invitation. To "take a rain check" is a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable.
To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date).