also ceasefire, "a cessation of shooting," 1916, from verbal phrase cease fire, 1847 as a military command (formerly also signaled by bugles), from cease (v.) + fire (n.) in the gunnery sens [..]

the girl says yes until it comes down to battle then she backs out

end to hostilities or conflict.

A temporary agreement to stop fighting. A cease-fire has no terms beyond the suspension of fighting, whereas a peace treaty involves concessions by both sides and a surrender involves either conditions or one side's unconditional surrender. In a cease-fire, both sides hold the ground they held when the cease-fire started. A cease-fire might be [..]

Cease-fire refers to suspension of war or hostilities for an agreed limited time or within a limited area. In cease-fire each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. The purpose is t [..]

(n) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms