Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is kick the can down the road and its meaning is “to avoid dealing with a difficult situation or making a hard decision until later; delay, defer, put off, postpone”.
Example Sentence: As world leaders and finance moguls land in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, it’s time to take concrete steps for sustainable finance and not let this be another international summit without substance… Finally, chart a political pathway that creates time-bound deliverables on climate finance from one summit to another. Everything won’t be achieved in a single finance summit but the France summit can prevent the can from being kicked further down the road…
This phrase is present in A summit with substance and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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