in abeyance
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- on hold; at a moment of inactivity
- 1989, Melinda M. Snodgrass, “The Ensigns of Command”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart):
- Then I hereby declare this treaty in abeyance.