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To postpone or assign to a later time or date

To cancel or do away with something that was planned or agreed on

To be or cause to be at an angle

To stop or cause to stop making progress

To disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration

Get rid of or give up

To place or store (in or on a rack)

To discontinue or bring a halt to something

To remove from employment or office

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To postpone or assign to a later time or date

put on the back burner

put off the evil hour

temporise^UK

temporize^US

leave to another time

put on the bank burner

put out of commission

kick the can down the road

drag your heels

put off doing something

stop what you're doing

come to standstill

catch one's breath

break it up

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“The council has decided to temporarily shelve the proposal.”

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To cancel or do away with something that was planned or agreed on

cancel

drop

abandon

ax^US

axe^UK

declare null and void

knock something on the head

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“Citizens took to the streets in protest and forced their government to back down and shelve any plans to amend the laws.”

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To be or cause to be at an angle

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“Observe, through the vista to the left, the richness of the oaks as they shelve downward and downward to the plain.”

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To stop or cause to stop making progress

balk^US

baulk^UK

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench into

bring to screeching halt

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

put a spoke in someone's wheel

queer someone's pitch

take the wind out of your sails

throw monkey wrench in

put at a disadvantage

place at a disadvantage

outmaneuver^US

cause to be at a stand

throw off balance

make your head spin

make someone scratch their head

prevent from making progress

throw a monkey wrench in the works

cramp someone's style

not allow to go beyond

keep within the limits of

control

give disadvantage

take out

take wind out of sails

put out of commission

throw a spoke in the wheel of

give a disadvantage to

treat harshly

be unfair to

put in an unfavourable position

treat unfavourably

tell against

inflict a handicap on

criminalize^US

criminalise^UK

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To disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration

let bygones be bygones

banish from one's thoughts

blank over

not give another thought to

leave something undone

have nothing to do with

pay little attention to

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Get rid of or give up

ax^US

axe^UK

exorcise^UK

exorcize^US

throw on the scrapheap

throw overboard

knock something on the head

file in circular file

consign to scrap heap

moult^UK

molt^US

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To place or store (in or on a rack)

retain in one's possession

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To discontinue or bring a halt to something

bring to a premature end

stop cold

bring to an untimely end

bring to a standstill

axe^UK

ax^US

bring to a conclusion

knock something on the head

immobilize^US

immobilise^UK

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To remove from employment or office

axe^UK

ax^US

give someone the pink slip

give someone his or her walking papers

expel

get rid of

give someone their notice

give someone the big E

give someone the sack

throw out

make redundant

give someone the boot

give someone their cards

give the old heave-ho

give someone the push

give someone the bullet

give someone their marching orders

throw out on your ear

throw someone out on their ear

give someone their P45

sever connections

force to give up work

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