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Phrase(s): put someone or something on ice
1. Lit. to put a body part or corpse on ice or under refrigeration to preserve it; to put a foodstuff on ice or under refrigeration to cool it. • The surgeon transplanted a heart that had been put on ice for two hours. • Please put the soda pop on ice. 2. Fig. to postpone acting on someone or something. • I know he keeps pestering you for an answer, but we’ll just have to put him on ice until we have more facts to go on. • Let’s put this project on ice till we find out how well it’s financed.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs