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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16