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Another word for shelve

shelve Synonyms

shelve

v.

To arrange
space, range, line up; see file 1, line 4, order 3, organize 1.
To postpone
hold, defer, prolong, table; see delay 1, suspend 2.

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Another word for shelve

verb

To put off until a later time:

adjourn, defer¹, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, stay¹, suspend, table, waive. (Informal) wait. Idiom: put on ice. See do

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Sometimes the shelve are curved like a half cylinder to provide a nice place for the cat to sleep.
Veterans of Splinter Cell should easily shelve this game in 4 hours or under.
I guess we can shelve that one for a while.
This effort to shelve the dispute was quite in vain.
After a period of wavering Mr Kossuth had consented to shelve for the time the question of the separate bank, and on the strength of this Dr Wekerle advised the crown to entrust to him the formation of a government.

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