The Most Common Buzzwords · Vice President level

"Shelve it"

"Shelve it" means to postpone or set aside a project, idea, or discussion indefinitely, with no committed timeline for revisiting it.

Say this instead: put it on hold

How "Shelve it" shows up at work

The polite cousin of cancellation. Things that are shelved rarely come back. The phrase softens the blow by implying the idea is preserved somewhere, carefully, waiting for its moment. That moment rarely comes.

Buzzword

Given the budget situation, let's shelve it for now and revisit next quarter.

Plain English

Given the budget situation, let's put it on hold for now and revisit next quarter.

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