dar carpetazo

Spanish

Verb

dar carpetazo (first-person singular present doy carpetazo, first-person singular preterite di carpetazo, past participle dado carpetazo)

1. (idiomatic) to shelve; put to bed

Further reading

• “dar carpetazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014