| gen. |
put on hold (put something on hold: to postpone something; to stop the progress of something. (See also put someone on hold; put someone or something on hold.) They put the project on hold until they got enough money to finish it. Sorry, but we must put your plan on hold. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 Alexander Demidov); adjourn (to stop a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, for a period of time • The court adjourned for lunch. • ~ something The trial has been adjourned until next week. • The chairman may adjourn the meeting at any time. Example Bank: • Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14. • Mr Justice Latham adjourned sentence until Friday week. • Shall we adjourn to your office? • The case was adjourned for a week. • The court will normally adjourn to allow the collection of further evidence. • The inquest was adjourned pending further investigations. • The trial was adjourned indefinitely. OALD Alexander Demidov); set aside (The 1688 petition was set aside and forgotten until 1844 when it was re-discovered and became a focus of the burgeoning abolitionist movement. wiki Alexander Demidov) |
