Put on the shelf


Synonyms for put on the shelf
verb delay, hold off

defer
rule out
waive
bar
halt
eject
interrupt
put off
discontinue
withhold
shelve
arrest
cease

file
reject
adjourn
exclude
postpone
stay
retard
debar
omit
hang
pigeonhole
procrastinate
eliminate

protract
check
can
break up
count out
cut short
hold up
lay off
stave off
pink-slip
prorogue
inactivate
intermit

hang fire
hang up
lay aside
lay on the table
lay over
put a stop to
put an end to
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice

Antonyms for put on the shelf

expedite
include
carry out
release
complete
persist
advance
forge
forward

add
open
allow
carry on
continue
do
let go
encourage
begin

go
keep on
accept
help
rise
finish
sustain

Synonyms
verb postpone a proposition

defer
shelve
propose
put off
submit

suggest
move
hang
pigeonhole
delay

enter
cool
hold up
hold off
put aside

put forward
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice

Antonyms

carry out
decide

vote
do

stop

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