“I don't know why I don't just do a load when I accumulate enough but I'd guess it has something to do with my natural tendency to procrastinate.”

Verb

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To postpone or assign to a later time or date

defer

put on the back burner

reorganize^US

reorganise^UK

bring to screeching halt

put off the evil day

close off

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

put off the evil hour

throw a spanner in the works

temporise^UK

temporize^US

leave to another time

balk^US

baulk^UK

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“The national executive agreed to procrastinate the election to October 2, two weeks later than the original date of September 18.”

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To fail to care for or pay attention to

leave something undone

pay little attention to

have nothing to do with

fail to take advantage of

minimize^US

minimise^UK

give something a miss

keep one's distance from

let something go downhill

let something go to seed

lay aside

take with a pinch of salt

not take into consideration

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

look past

leave out of consideration

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

fiddle while Rome burns

belittle

flout

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

cock a snook at

scoff at

put aside

refuse to acknowledge

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give someone the brush-off

cut dead

consign to oblivion

give the cold shoulder

give someone the go-by

give the cold shoulder to

have done with

cease to remember

erase from memory

let bygones be bygones

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

sweep under the carpet

marginalize^US

pretend not to notice

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

discredit

isolate

sideline

refuse to have anything to do with

fail to take account of

marginalise^UK

tell someone to get lost

laugh away

relinquish

renounce

look right through someone

repress one's memory of

shy away from

recoil from

leave off

give someone the big E

put down

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

hand someone the frozen mitt

break with

have nothing more to do with

cut off

bin off

give someone the push

leave out in the cold

swear off

give the elbow

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To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace

baulk^UK

balk^US

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

bring to screeching halt

cramp someone's style

not allow to go beyond

keep within the limits of

destabilize^US

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

destabilise^UK

bring to a standstill

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

put at a disadvantage

obviate

place at a disadvantage

throw monkey wrench in

prevent from making progress

put out of commission

queer someone's pitch

throw a spoke in the wheel of

immobilize^US

immobilise^UK

make it impossible for

make it impracticable for

give a disadvantage to

be unfair to

put in an unfavourable position

treat unfavourably

tell against

inflict a handicap on

put a spoke in someone's wheel

throw a monkey wrench into

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