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Meanings of shelve in English
Synonyms
Examples for "table"
Examples for "table"
1
Yet politicians don't table motions solemnly condemning opera's dangerous level of violence.
2
Yes, yes, another good idea, the three men across the table agreed.
3
This case illustrates a general principle: keep all options on the table.
4
At that particular moment the waitress decided our table needed more attention.
5
The new table appears today on page 18, this morning's Markets page.
1
The escalating crisis prompted Nigeria to postpone its Feb. 14 presidential election.
2
May has asked EU leaders to postpone Britain's exit until June 30.
3
It may be best to postpone certain talks and discussions for today!
4
Blomkvist thought hard: what to say to prevent or postpone his execution.
5
The decision to postpone the election for a month had been right.
1
However,the company has some flexibility to defer capital expenditure separately whendeclining demand.
2
The union agreed to defer strike action after the Labour Court intervened.
3
The judge said he would defer making any order until June 30th.
4
But if it's at all possible -don't defer that dream holiday.
5
It may be wise to defer a personal concern for a day.
1
Our obesity problem has gone way beyond the remit of most GPs.
2
But there's a good reason for that: it falls outside his remit.
3
Holder said hiring issues may be added to the inquiry's remit later.
4
Roux's remit was broad, covering financial regulation across a number of headings.
5
The rest of the economy is considered beyond the remit of politics.
1
On the 9th of May, the king went down to prorogue parliament.
2
The Queen came up to town to prorogue Parliament in person.
3
Boris Johnson's bid to prorogue parliament appeared to do just that.
4
The Representatives have rejected the President's proposition for enabling him to prorogue them.
5
But because the government decided to prorogue Parliament, no such recess vote took place.
1
That way I put off going home until the last possible moment.
2
Lack of control could put off some possible bidders, the people said.
3
National elections can often dampen demand as buyers put off major purchases.
4
Torches flashed in the boats that put off in the terrible search.
5
However, Indians are currently put off by the 500 gram minimum requirement.
1
He had little hold over the House, and many regrettable scenes occurred.
2
The irritability of Africa was upon him-had hold over him-grippedhim remorselessly.
3
I have a hold over you, and you will do my bidding.
4
She would have to keep a firmer hold over herself than that.
5
He wants this paper as a whip to hold over other people.
1
It is difficult to put over in words, he told the BBC.
2
Then I put over this grand-stand play and change the whole situation.
3
Add the sugar to the pan, then put over a low heat.
4
I've recently put over two or three big transactions in that line.
5
But Eck had a bad one put over on him years ago.
1
We have suffered a set back and we have taken strong action.
2
Yes, hosting friends will set back your bank account in the short-term.
3
He said he expected talks would be set back for some time.
4
Now those plans would be set back if the AIA deal fails.
5
The house was set back from it not more than twenty feet.
Usage of shelve in English
1
She will presumably permanently shelve recently announced plans to expand in Europe.
2
For now it may be best to shelve someone else's negative feedback!
3
It's a duty, dear, and we can't shelve duties in this life.
4
Mrs. Taine, Louise, and Jim tried to shelve me-butI fooled 'em.
5
We won't bother about it now, but we won't shelve it altogether.
6
Don't give up something you know will work: just shelve it for now!
7
Ignoring Encinia's order to shelve her agency appears to have set him off.
8
After a long search, NBC executives opted to shelve the project until June.
9
But she has resisted calls to permanently shelve the law or step down.
10
I'd better shelve my lesser concerns and concentrate on this wedding.
11
I decided to shelve this line of inquiry for a while.
12
The affair of the pay isn't pressing; we'll shelve it to another night.
13
What if you shelve the book for now and write about something else?
14
They thought to shelve me until the row fizzles out, then drop me.
15
All I ask is that you shelve some of your cock-sureness.
16
We'll shelve that part of the information bureau and work on other lines.
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Shelve across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common