Idiom
kick into touch
Meaning
To evade an issue; to stop from happening.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The committee decided to kick the difficult project into touch.”
“Because the budget was already full, the manager kicked the new proposal into touch until next year.”
“Faced with an uncomfortable question about the scandal, the politician skillfully kicked the matter into touch to avoid further public scrutiny.”
Examples
simple
“The committee decided to kick the difficult project into touch.”
contextual
“Because the budget was already full, the manager kicked the new proposal into touch until next year.”
complex
“Faced with an uncomfortable question about the scandal, the politician skillfully kicked the matter into touch to avoid further public scrutiny.”
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