put (something) on the shelf
put (something) on the shelf
To delay something or put it on hiatus. Once my wife became pregnant, I knew I had to put my plans of starting my own business on the shelf for a while.
See also: on, put, shelf
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put (something) by
- put by
- put (one's) back into (something)
- put (something) in with (someone or something)
- put (something) on the block
- put on the block
- put a stopper on
- put a stopper on (something)
- put a cap on
- put a cap on (something)