Put a Pin In It

Definitions

1. To pause a topic and come back to it later instead of resolving it immediately. In engineering slang, this can be healthy meeting discipline or a polite way of saying 'we never will.'

   In plain English: To defer a topic for later discussion.

   Example: "They put a pin in the broader framework debate so the incident call could stay focused on the one bug actually waking customers up."

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