to make something last longer than necessary.
He tried to spin out the meeting to avoid making a decision.
cooperate or participate
Let's play ball.
They refused to play ball with the new policies.
She agreed to play ball after some discussion.
terminate or discontinue
Time to pull the plug
They pulled the plug on the project.
It's too late to pull the plug now.
meet by chance
I bumped into my old college friend yesterday.
| ɪˈfɛm(ə)r(ə)l |
(a) lasting for a very short time.
Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old.
works of more than ephemeral interest.
Your cloud shell session will be ephemeral so no files or system changes will persist beyond your current session.
(chiefly of plants) having a very short life cycle: chickweed is an ephemeral weed, producing several generations in one season.
(n) an ephemeral plant: ephemerals avoid the periods of drought as seeds.
Derivatives: ephemerality (n), ephemarally (adv), ephemraless (n)