diff --git a/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx b/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx
index 68311646..4d8c7192 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, View, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
 
+import { TSEventEmitter } from '@dominicstop/ts-event-emitter';
+
 import { RNIContextMenuView } from '../../native_components/RNIContextMenuView';
 import { RNIWrapperView } from '../../native_components/RNIWrapperView';
 
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ import { RNIContextMenuViewModule } from '../../native_modules/RNIContextMenuVie
 import { ContextMenuViewContext } from '../../context/ContextMenuViewContext';
 
 import type { OnMenuWillShowEvent, OnMenuWillHideEvent, OnMenuDidShowEvent, OnMenuDidHideEvent, OnMenuWillCancelEvent, OnMenuDidCancelEvent, OnMenuWillCreateEvent, OnPressMenuItemEvent, OnPressMenuPreviewEvent, OnMenuAuxiliaryPreviewWillShowEvent, OnMenuAuxiliaryPreviewDidShowEvent } from '../../types/MenuEvents';
-import type { ContextMenuViewProps, ContextMenuViewState } from './ContextMenuViewTypes';
+import type { ContextMenuViewProps, ContextMenuViewState, NavigatorViewEventEmitter } from './ContextMenuViewTypes';
 
 // @ts-ignore - TODO
 import { ActionSheetFallback } from '../../functions/ActionSheetFallback';
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
 
   nativeRef!: React.Component;
 
+  emitter: NavigatorViewEventEmitter;
+
   constructor(props: ContextMenuViewProps){
     super(props);
 
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
       menuVisible : false,
       mountPreview: false,
     };
+
+    this.emitter = new TSEventEmitter();
   };
 
   private getProps = () => {
@@ -48,6 +54,7 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
       previewConfig,
       auxiliaryPreviewConfig,
       shouldUseDiscoverabilityTitleAsFallbackValueForSubtitle,
+      shouldWaitForMenuToHideBeforeFiringOnPressMenuItem,
       // event props
       onMenuWillShow,
       onMenuWillHide,
@@ -76,6 +83,9 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
       shouldUseDiscoverabilityTitleAsFallbackValueForSubtitle: (
         shouldUseDiscoverabilityTitleAsFallbackValueForSubtitle ?? true
       ),
+      shouldWaitForMenuToHideBeforeFiringOnPressMenuItem: (
+        shouldWaitForMenuToHideBeforeFiringOnPressMenuItem ?? true
+      ),
 
       // B. Pass down props...
       menuConfig,
@@ -172,7 +182,10 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
 
   private _handleOnMenuDidHide: OnMenuDidHideEvent = (event) => {
     this.props.onMenuDidHide?.(event);
+    this.emitter.emit('onMenuDidHide', event);
+
     event.stopPropagation();
+    event.persist();
   };
 
   private _handleOnMenuDidCancel: OnMenuDidCancelEvent = (event) => {
@@ -193,12 +206,36 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
     event.stopPropagation();
   };
 
-  private _handleOnPressMenuItem: OnPressMenuItemEvent = (event) => {
-    this.props.onPressMenuItem?.(event);
-
+  private _handleOnPressMenuItem: OnPressMenuItemEvent = async (event) => {
+    const props = this.getProps();
+  
     // guard: event is a native event
     if(event.isUsingActionSheetFallback) return;
+
     event.stopPropagation();
+    event.persist();
+
+    try {
+      if(props.shouldWaitForMenuToHideBeforeFiringOnPressMenuItem){
+        // wait for `onMenuDidHide`
+        await Helpers.promiseWithTimeout(1000, new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          this.emitter.once('onMenuDidHide', () => {
+            resolve();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        props.onPressMenuItem?.(event);
+
+      } else {
+        props.onPressMenuItem?.(event);
+      };
+
+    } catch(error){
+      console.error(
+          '_handleOnPressMenuItem - Promise waiting for `onMenuDidHide`'
+        + ' has timed out'
+      );
+    };
   };
 
   private _handleOnPressMenuPreview: OnPressMenuPreviewEvent = (event) => {
diff --git a/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuViewTypes.ts b/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuViewTypes.ts
index 2fc95eb0..e9204664 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuViewTypes.ts
+++ b/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuViewTypes.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import type React from 'react';
+
+import type { TSEventEmitter } from '@dominicstop/ts-event-emitter';
+
 import type { ViewProps } from 'react-native';
+import type { OnMenuDidHideEventObject } from 'src/types/MenuEvents';
+import type { KeyMapType } from 'src/types/UtilityTypes';
 
 import type { RNIContextMenuViewProps } from '../../native_components/RNIContextMenuView';
 
@@ -27,6 +32,7 @@ export type ContextMenuViewBaseProps = Pick<RNIContextMenuViewProps,
 > & {
   lazyPreview?: boolean;
   useActionSheetFallback?: boolean;
+  shouldWaitForMenuToHideBeforeFiringOnPressMenuItem?: boolean;
 
   renderPreview?: RenderItem;
   renderAuxillaryPreview?: RenderItem;
@@ -38,4 +44,15 @@ export type ContextMenuViewProps =
 export type ContextMenuViewState = {
   menuVisible: boolean;
   mountPreview: boolean;
-};
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+};
+
+export enum ContextMenuEmitterEvents {
+  onMenuDidHide = "onMenuDidHide",
+};
+
+export type ContextMenuEmitterEventMap = KeyMapType<ContextMenuEmitterEvents, {
+  onMenuDidHide: OnMenuDidHideEventObject['nativeEvent'],
+}>
+
+export type NavigatorViewEventEmitter = 
+  TSEventEmitter<ContextMenuEmitterEvents, ContextMenuEmitterEventMap>;
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