"keep someone on ice" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep someone on ice.ogg Forms: keeps someone on ice [present, singular, third-person], keeping someone on ice [participle, present], kept someone on ice [participle, past], kept someone on ice [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> someone on ice}} keep someone on ice (third-person singular simple present keeps someone on ice, present participle keeping someone on ice, simple past and past participle kept someone on ice)
  1. (idiomatic) To keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_someone_on_ice-en-verb-SO6jNFZq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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