put someone on ice

verb

To postpone or delay an interaction with someone.

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Meanings

verbput 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)

present singular third person puts someone on ice · participle present putting someone on ice

  1. idiomaticinformalTo postpone or delay an interaction with someone.
  2. idiomaticslangTo murder someone.
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