on ice

phrase

1

: with every likelihood of being won or accomplished

2

: in reserve or safekeeping

Examples of on ice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Daniels injured his elbow in the latter and was on ice as Mariota managed the Seahawks game. — Elise Devlin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2026

But to put the win on ice, Miami’s coaches turned to the running backs. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2026

Trudie’s offers snow crab, three marshmallow-white claws served chilled on ice, with a bit of dijonnaise for dipping. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Word out there has been that Netflix Film Chairman Dan Lin is on ice, and that De Luca and Abdy are coming in. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for on ice

• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice
• feis
• gneiss