put (something) on ice
put (something) on ice
2. To postpone or delay acting on or dealing with something. We've had to put the sale on ice while we figure out why the website keeps crashing. Do you mind if we put date night on ice for a few weeks until we get done with this project at work?
See also: ice, on, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put someone or something on ice
1. Lit. to put a body part or corpse on ice or under refrigeration to preserve it; to put a foodstuff on ice or under refrigeration to cool it. The surgeon transplanted a heart that had been put on ice for two hours. Please put the soda pop on ice.
2. Fig. to postpone acting on someone or something. I know he keeps pestering you for an answer, but we'll just have to put him on ice until we have more facts to go on. Let's put this project on ice till we find out how well it's financed.
See also: ice, on, put
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- put something on hold
- put (something) on hold
- keep (someone) on ice
- table (something)
- table a motion
- put a hold on
- put a hold on (something)
- with respect to
- with respect to (someone or something)
- with respect to something