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What is another word for
put on the back burner
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To postpone or assign to a later time or date
Obtain extra time to achieve something by deliberate delaying tactics
Verb
▲
To postpone or assign to a later time or date
postpone
delay
defer
shelve
adjourn
put off
put on ice
put on hold
set aside
put to one side
suspend
mothball
table
hold over
take a rain check on
reschedule
hold off
put back
remit
hold up
put in cold storage
put over
prorogue
respite
pigeonhole
hold in abeyance
hold off on
stay
put aside
lay on the table
lay over
put on back burner
continue
stall
hold
intermit
carry over
retard
interrupt
procrastinate
keep in abeyance
stand over
prolong
give rain check
protract
hang fire
detain
hold back
extend
sideline
lay aside
withhold
put on the shelf
break off
give a rain check
put in abeyance
slow up
hinder
dismiss
do later
slow
impede
hang up
file
put off the evil day
waive
put off the evil hour
prorogate
recess
freeze
tie up
leave to another time
cool it
forestay
reprieve
block
lengthen
put something off
obstruct
set back
slow down
put on the bank burner
put on one side
bar
rule out
disband
stave off
push back
check
pink-slip
count out
inactivate
can
call a halt to
call it a day
take a recess
suspend proceedings
take five
take a rain check
take a break
pause
take a breather
temporise
UK
temporize
US
take a raincheck
dally
shut up
put out of commission
neglect
pack away
decommission
leave
renounce
put into storage
slow pedal
avoid
park
reserve
retain
suppress
hang
cool
contain
take offline
keep back
hamper
wait
restrain
curb
restrict
inhibit
trammel
arrest
hamstring
fetter
encumber
clog
hang back
cumber
refrain from
retardate
brake
sit tight
crimp
take no action
choke
avoid doing something
play a waiting game
interfere with
bring to screeching halt
close off
hold your horses
shut off
let up
shut down
back off
bog down
keep from doing something
choke off
put a brake on
take down
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
bide your time
thwart
foil
stymie
derail
take a breather from
put on a back burner
halt
hobble
repress
prevent
cramp
cripple
lie in wait
be patient
fill time
keep your shirt on
stop
shackle
deter
rearrange
reorganize
US
confine
frustrate
handcuff
make late
get in the way of
hog-tie
stand in the way of
reorganise
UK
refrain
surcease
desist
rest
elongate
handicap
draw out
drag out
stretch
stretch out
outstretch
decelerate
perpetuate
wire-draw
sustain
balk
US
slacken
baffle
spin out
pad
string out
keep going
keep up
prolongate
carry on
draw
extend the duration of
make longer
expand
drag on
keep something going
go on with
lessen
mire
bog
baulk
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“I don't want to dismiss the importance of your work, but this may be something to
put on the back burner
until next week.”
Verb
▲
Obtain extra time to achieve something by deliberate delaying tactics
gain time
delay
procrastinate
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
dally
hang back
hold back
hang fire
play for time
use delaying tactics
use dilatory tactics
equivocate
hesitate
prevaricate
hedge
beat about the bush
dither
filibuster
put off
stonewall
tarry
defer
kick the can down the road
avoid the issue
take one's time
divert
drag your feet
beat around the bush
buy time
hold over
postpone
distract
tergiversate
be evasive
palter
balk
US
take your time
baulk
UK
avoid making a decision
use Fabian tactics
be indecisive
stall for time
play a waiting game
hum and haw
avoid committing oneself
vacillate
shilly-shally
waver
dilly-dally
pussyfoot around
haver
waffle
pause
dawdle
linger
flannel
sit on the fence
wait
fluctuate
evade
falter
swither
loiter
dodge
be non-committal
dodge the issue
blow hot and cold
parry questions
quibble
pussyfoot
halt
waste time
hang around
stagger
hem and haw
evade the issue
lag
stop
be undecided
oscillate
hang about
think twice
scruple
sidestep
dillydally
fudge the issue
fudge
poke
drag
duck the question
avoid
be vague
teeter
hold off
mince words
be irresolute
wobble
wabble
shuffle
fence
shillyshally
cavil
weasel
stay
deliberate
obstruct
trifle
falsify
be unsure
balance
diddle
creep
mope
lollygag
crawl
lallygag
kill time
mark time
sidestep the issue
hang on
cop out
stay put
drag your heels
duck the issue
yo-yo
idle
lie
hold on
potter
parry
duck
sit tight
get cold feet
remain
fib
shift
jive
con
be uncertain
misrepresent
tergiverse
while away time
plod
shuck
be doubtful
trail
be ambiguous
flip-flop
be slow
potter around
potter about
beg the question
potter round
wait around
warm a chair
hang round
put off doing something
hang out
pass the buck
cop a plea
let the grass grow under one's feet
get no place fast
rest
see-saw
refuse
rebuff
resist
discontinue
cease
be ambivalent
penelopize
blather
be in two minds
faff about
skirt
mess around
um and ah
bide
prevent
block
escape
elude
eschew
adumbrate
double-talk
slow-walk
hinder
subtilize
shuffle about
fast-talk
shirk
deceive
flicker
run around
cover up
straddle the fence
shift ground about
loaf
vary
tremble
sway
goof around
tail
hold the phone
stop over
tool
lose time
lodge
tell white lie
mince matters
cloud the issue
give run around
fabricate
quiver
toddle
diddle-daddle
saunter
trim
shudder
change
invent
distort
misstate
dissemble
garble
belie
exaggerate
misspeak
employ delaying tactics
move slowly
adopt Fabian tactics
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
stick around
stay behind
fritter time away
goldbrick
cool
be unable to decide
whiffle waffle
be unable to make up your mind
run hot and cold
straggle
shlep along
sit around
fritter away
fool around
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
bum around
amble
phony up
stretch the truth
put on
totter
putter
give a false colour to
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be dilatory
have a breather
call time
take a break
postpone action
goof off
horse around
not keep pace
lag behind
fall behind
suspend action
take ten
hold your horses
take a breather
hold your fire
take five
stop briefly
be noncommittal
hedge your bets
shuffle around
give the run around
alternate
demur
hover
seesaw
stumble
doubt
boggle
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
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