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keep someone on ice

keep someone on ice verb: to keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response.

Verb

keep someone on ice (third-person singular simple present keeps someone on ice, present participle keeping someone on ice, simple past and past participle kept someone on ice)

  1. (idiomatic) To keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response.

Forms of keep someone on ice

third-person singular presentkeeps someone on ice
present participlekeeping someone on ice
past participlekept someone on ice
pastkept someone on ice

Questions about keep someone on ice

What does keep someone on ice mean?
Keep someone on ice means to keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response.
What part of speech is keep someone on ice?
Keep someone on ice is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep someone on ice?
The past tense of keep someone on ice is kept someone on ice.

Words near keep someone on ice in the dictionary

  1. keep someone company
  2. keep someone guessing
  3. keep someone honest
  4. keep someone in the loop
  5. keep someone occupied
  6. keep someone on ice
  7. keep someone on their toes
  8. keep someone posted
  9. keep someone posted up
  10. keep someone sweet
  11. keep someone up at night

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