kick sth into touch
UK informalDefinition
› to decide not to do what you had planned to do: Our plans to buy a new car have had to be kicked into touch now Kev's lost his job.Cancelling and interrupting
(Definition of kick sth into touch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (in) midstream idiom
- adjourn to somewhere phrasal verb
- adjourn verb
- arrest verb (STOP)
- call sth off phrasal verb
- cancel verb
- cancellation noun
- cut verb (STOP)
- disturb verb (INTERRUPT)
- diversion noun (TAKING ATTENTION)
- halt noun
- interrupt verb (STOP SPEAKING)
- mothball verb
- nullify verb
- off adjective (STOPPED)
- pause verb
- shut sth off phrasal verb (SUPPLY)
- stop verb (FINISH)
- suspend verb (STOP)
- time noun (PERIOD)
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