Spanish term
Cajonear
| 5 +2 | to delay; to hold up |
Robert Copeland
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| 5 +1 | put on ice, sit on |
matt robinson
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| 4 +1 | shelve |
neilmac
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| 4 | to filibuster |
MPGS
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| 4 | to file away |
Jeremy Henson
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| 3 -1 | to hold it in the desk |
María Nuñez Laluz
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Proposed translations
United States
Organized, Deadline-Oriented, Reliable
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
to delay; to hold up
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María Perales
4 mins
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gracias María
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Martín Fernández
1 day 7 hrs
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gracias Martín
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put on ice, sit on
Uruguay
ING>
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Argentine, Latin American, Uruguayan) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish
to hold it in the desk
Don't do anything with that case, just hold ir in your desk until the counterpart makes a movement.
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Luis M. Sosa
: Me parece que sigue el tono informal del término fuente.
5 hrs
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Alison Trujillo
: The term "hold it in your desk" in not common, at least here in the U.S.
9 days
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AllegroTrans
: The term "hold it in the desk" - unheard of here in GB also
25 days
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to filibuster
shelve
Shelve is the verb form of shelf (estante)...
Definition (2): To decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently.
"plans to reopen the school have been shelved"
"Prosecutors in the city of Celle said they had been unable to refute the suspect's account and had decided to shelve the case against him."
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-prosec...
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Note added at 2 days 2 hrs (2021-01-22 18:11:01 GMT)
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Another option could be simply "close" the case.
"On November 18, 1999, the judge closed the case,..."
The judge shelved the case citing a lack of evidence ...
However, the Commission has decided to shelve the case against Finland
https://www.linguee.mx/ingles-espanol/traduccion/shelved+a+complaint.html
http://https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/11/inenglish/1426082429_289941.html
Argentina
ESP>ENG Legal & Finance specialist MA.
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English
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