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Old 12-Feb-2007, 13:44
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Default Re: to put a pin in sth

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Originally Posted by Mordant View Post
Could be modern phraseology for 'pin that one on the board and we'll discuss it later'.

Not reached Northampton yet though!
Another version of this - perhaps particular to IT firms in the Thames Valley - is 'park that' (agree not to discuss something further in the present context, but deal with it later): [in an all-day meeting] 'That's an interesting question, but we'll park it for now and come back to it this afternoon.'

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