be on ice
If a plan is on ice, a decision has been made to delay it for a period of time:
Both projects are on ice until the question of funding is resolved.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- buy time idiom
- carry
- hold
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- kick the can down the road idiom
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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