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put someone on ice

put someone on ice verb: to postpone or delay an interaction with someone.

Verb

put someone on ice (third-person singular simple present puts someone on ice, present participle putting someone on ice, simple past and past participle put someone on ice)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To postpone or delay an interaction with someone.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To murder someone.

Forms of put someone on ice

third-person singular presentputs someone on ice
present participleputting someone on ice
past participleput someone on ice
pastput someone on ice

Questions about put someone on ice

What does put someone on ice mean?
Put someone on ice means to postpone or delay an interaction with someone.
What part of speech is put someone on ice?
Put someone on ice is a verb.
What is the past tense of put someone on ice?
The past tense of put someone on ice is put someone on ice.

Words near put someone on ice in the dictionary

  1. put someone in hospital
  2. put someone in mind of
  3. put someone in their place
  4. put someone on blast
  5. put someone on game
  6. put someone on ice
  7. put someone on to
  8. put someone out of their misery
  9. put someone through their paces
  10. put someone to their trumps
  11. put someone under the screw

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