put on the shelf

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put somebody on the shelf

to cause someone not to be available A sore left knee put him on the shelf for two weeks, and he has missed six games.

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Now that the Lebanese cabinet has been formed at long last, it is time to start work on the most pressing bread and butter issues, which have been put on the shelf by the outgoing government headed by former prime minister Fuad Siniora, Charles Ayyoub said Tuesday in the local daily AL DIYAR. Lebanon-cabinet by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon) Both those contracts and discussions have been put on the shelf," Kenyon said. Chelsea tell Drogba and Cole to wait for new contracts by AFP / AFP European Edition Both those contracts and discussions have been put on the shelf," Kenyon said. Chelsea tell Drogba and Cole to wait for new contracts by AFP / AFP Global Edition			put mind at rest put mind to put mind to it put money on put money up put money where mouth is put neck on the line put nose in put nose out of joint put nose to the grindstone put oar in put off stride put off the scent put off the track put on a brave face put on a front put on a pedestal put on airs put on an act put on hold put on ice put on paper put on the cuff put on the dog put on the map put on the shelf put on the spot put on the street put on weight put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together			put on record put on sale put on speed put on the block put on the block put on the block put on the block put on the block put on the cuff put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the line put on the long finger put on the long finger put on the long finger put on the map put on the map put on the map put on the map put on the map Put On The Market put on the retired list put on the ritz put on the ritz put on the ritz put on the scale put on the shelf put on the spot put on the spot put on the spot put on the spot put on the spot put on the stage put on the street put on their mettle put on their mettle put on thinking cap put on thinking cap put on thinking cap put on thinking cap put on to put on trial put on weight put on weight put on weight put on weight put on weight put on weight put one across put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in over head put one in place put one off game put one off stride put one on feet put one on guard

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