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on the shelf

1. Fig. not active socially; left to oneself in social matters. (Alludes to being left or stored on a shelf.) I've been on the shelf long enough. I'm going to make some friends. She likes being on the shelf.

2. Fig. postponed. We'll have to put this matter on the shelf for a while. I have a plan on the shelf just waiting for an opportunity like this.

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She had come down to sit beside me while I wrote, and sometimes, when I looked up, her eye was not on me, but on the shelf where 'The Master of Ballantrae' stood inviting her. Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context Thinking it both unfair and unkind to deprive her of any good qualities that were handy, the boy took down every bottle on the shelf and poured some of the contents in Margolotte's dish. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context There on the shelf was a bottle which she at once recognized as one containing some of her three-year-old homemade currant wine for which she was celebrated in Avonlea, although certain of the stricter sort, Mrs. Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			on the other hand on the outs on the part of on the pill on the point of doing on the prowl on the quiet on the rack on the rag on the rebound on the receiving end on the right track on the rise on the road on the road to on the road to recovery on the rocks on the ropes on the run on the safe side on the same page on the same wavelength on the sauce on the scene on the scrap heap on the shelf on the side on the side of the angels on the sidelines on the skids on the sly on the spot on the spur of the moment on the stand on the stick on the street on the strength of on the stump on the table on the telephone on the threshold of on the throne on the tip of tongue on the town on the trail on the trot on the verge on the verge of on the wagon on the waiting list on the wane			on the run on the run On the Run (album) On the Run (album) On the Run (disambiguation) On the Run (disambiguation) On the Run Issue On the Run Issue On the Run Issues On the Run Issues On the Run Treasuries on the safe side on the safe side on the same footing On The Same Hand on the same level on the same matter on the same page on the same page On the Same Stone With on the same wavelength on the same wavelength on the same wavelength on the same wavelength on the sauce on the scene on the scene On the Scene Productions on the scrap heap On the shady side of on the shelf On the Shop Floor On The Shoulders of Giants on the side on the side on the side on the side on the side on the side on the side of the angels On the sidelines On the sidelines on the skids on the sly on the sly on the sly on the solid on the spot on the spot on the spot on the spot on the spot on the spot On the Spot (disambiguation) On the Spot (disambiguation) On the spot disambiguation On the spot disambiguation On the Spot Marketing on the spur of the moment on the spur of the moment on the spur of the moment

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