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  What it means

  Literally “to put on the shelf,” this idiom means to postpone or shelve something indefinitely — to set a plan, idea, or task aside without a clear intention of returning to it.

  Vocabulary

  • odkładać — to put aside, to postpone
  • półka — shelf

  Grammar note

  The imperfective aspect of 'odkładać' emphasizes the ongoing or habitual nature of the postponement.

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