keep someone on ice in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "keeps someone on ice",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "kept someone on ice",
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        "past"
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        "To keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response."
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        "(idiomatic) To keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response."
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"keep someone on ice" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms