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on the shelf

a. 1 (context idiomatic English) Laid aside, unused, abandoned 2 (context idiomatic especially of a woman English) unmarried

Usage examples of "on the shelf".

Two other temps also had cups on the shelf and sleeping bags in their lockers, and when all three of them slept over it could get pretty claustrophobic.

He set it on the shelf next to the bulky teleprinter, sat down, and clacked off the prefix and routing instructions, winding a small handle at the side of the machine at the end of each word.