put on the shelf

VERB

suspend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjourn arrest bar cease defer discontinue eject exclude file halt interrupt postpone put off reject rule out shelve stay waive withhold

STRONG

can check debar eliminate hang inactivate intermit omit pigeonhole procrastinate prorogue protract retard

WEAK

break up count out cut short hang fire hang up hold up lay aside lay off lay on the table lay over pink slip put a stop to put an end to put on back burner put on hold put on ice stave off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept add advance allow begin carry on carry out continue do encourage expedite forge forward go include keep on release

WEAK

complete finish persist sustain

VERB

table

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defer propose put off shelve submit suggest

STRONG

cool delay enter hang move pigeonhole

WEAK

hold off hold up put aside put forward put on back burner put on hold put on ice

Antonyms

STRONGEST

carry out do

STRONG

stop

WEAK

decide vote

Example Sentences

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Go back to your younger self and reclaim something that you always wanted to do that you put on the shelf.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

They can be put on the shelf without full evaluation of ingredients or proven efficacy, except in rare cases in which supplements are tested by a third party.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023

“This isn’t something they can put on the shelf and pick up again in September.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2021

What the world really needs is new antibiotics we put on the shelf and use only in the direst emergencies.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2017

“Fiction books are usually put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Nonfiction titles are classified according to the Dewey decimal system.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

put on the shelf

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