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putting on back burner synonyms

Trying to find another word for putting on back burner in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of putting on back burner in 31 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for putting on back burner alphabetically.

curb
defer
delay
discontinue
hold off
hold over
hold up
postpone
prorogue
put off
recess
restrain
shelve
stay
suspend

bar
brick
cake
chunk
cube
hunk
ingot
loaf
lump
oblong
piece
section
segment
slab
slice
solid
square

adjournment
bind
check
cooling-off period
cunctation
dawdling
demurral
detention
discontinuation
downtime
filibuster
hangup
hindrance
hold-up
holding
holding pattern
impediment
interval
jam
lag
lingering
logjam
loitering

apprehend
bog down
bust
buttonhole
check
confine
constrain
decelerate
delay
hang up
hinder
hold up
ice
impede
inhibit
intern
jail
mire
nab
pick up
pinch
pull in
put away

add to
aggrandize
amplify
augment
beef up
boost
broaden
carry on
continue
crane
develop
dilate
drag one's feet
drag out
draw
draw out
elongate
enhance
enlarge
expand
fan out
go on
heighten

give rain check

adjourn
block
delay
detain
extend
hang fire
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lay over
lengthen
obstruct
postpone
procrastinate
prolong
prorogue
protract
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice
remit
retard

adjourn
block
delay
detain
extend
give rain check
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lay over
lengthen
obstruct
postpone
procrastinate
prolong
prorogue
protract
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice
remit
retard

arrest
balk
bar
block
bottleneck
box in
burden
check
choke
clog
contravene
counteract
crab
cramp
crimp
cripple
curb
debar
delay
deter
encumber
fetter
frustrate

delay
detain
hinder
hold off
impede
interfere
interrupt
pause
prorogue
retard
set back
slow down
stay
stop
suspend
waive

bar
block
blow whistle on
brake
check
clog
close off
cramp one's style
curb
cut off
dam
delay
deter
discomfit
disconcert
disrupt
embarrass
faze
flag one
freeze
hamper
hang up
hold up

back off
break off
bring to an end
call it a day
call it quits
close
close out
come to an end
culminate
cut it out
desist
die
discontinue
drop
end
fail
finish
give over
halt
knock off
leave off
pack in
quit

adjourn
block
delay
detain
extend
give rain check
hang fire
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lengthen
obstruct
postpone
procrastinate
prolong
prorogue
protract
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice
remit
retard

amplify
augment
continue
dilate
distend
drag out
draw
draw out
elongate
expand
increase
let out
make longer
pad
proceed
prolong
prolongate
protract
reach
spin out
stretch
string out

arrest
bar
barricade
block
check
choke
clog
close
congest
crab
curb
cut off
drag one's feet
fill
foul up
frustrate
get in the way
hamper
hamstring
hang up
hide
hinder
hold up

adjourn
cool it
defer
delay
give a rain check
hang fire
hold off
hold over
hold up
lay over
pigeonhole
prorogue
put back
put on back burner
put on hold
shelve
suspend
table

adjourn
be dilatory
cool
dally
dawdle
defer
drag
drag one's feet
give the run around
goldbrick
hang fire
hesitate
hold off
lag
let slide
linger
loiter
pause
play a waiting game
play for time
poke
postpone
prolong

carry on
continue
delay
drag one's feet
drag out
hold
hold up
increase
lengthen
let it ride
make longer
pad
perpetuate
protract
spin out
stall
stretch
stretch out

curb
defer
delay
discontinue
hold off
hold over
hold up
postpone
put off
recess
restrain
shelve
stay
suspend

continue
cool
defer
delay
drag on
drag out
draw
elongate
hold off
hold up
keep going
lengthen
pad
postpone
procrastinate
prolong
prolongate
put off
put on hold
spin out
stall
stretch
stretch out

put on back burner

adjourn
block
delay
detain
extend
give rain check
hang fire
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lay over
lengthen
obstruct
postpone
procrastinate
prolong
prorogue
protract
put on hold
put on ice
remit
retard

adjourn
block
delay
detain
extend
give rain check
hang fire
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lay over
lengthen
obstruct
postpone
procrastinate
prolong
prorogue
protract
put on back burner
put on ice
remit
retard

assert
asseverate
attest
aver
avouch
avow
certify
cinch
clinch
confirm
cross heart
declare
guarantee
have a lock on
ice
insist
lock up
maintain
nail down
okay
predicate
profess
pronounce

address
consign
dispatch
forward
mail
make payment
pay
post
route
settle
ship
square
transmit

arrest
back off
baffle
balk
bog
bog down
brake
bring to screeching halt
check
choke
choke off
clog
close off
crimp
dawdle
decelerate
decrease
defer
delay
detain
down
encumber
falter

delay
dismiss
drop
freeze
give up
hang up
hold
hold off
hold over
hold up
lay aside
mothball
pigeonhole
prolong
prorogue
put aside
put off
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice
scrub
sideline
slow up

apathetic
crawling
creeping
dawdling
delaying
deliberate
dilatory
disinclined
dreamy
drowsy
easy
gradual
heavy
idle
imperceptible
inactive
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
laggard
lagging
leaden
leisurely

arrest
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
brake
check
die
drag one's feet
equivocate
fence
filibuster
halt
hamper
hedge
hinder
hold off
interrupt
not move
play for time
postpone
prevaricate
put off
quibble
shut down

break
halt
holiday
sojourn
stop
stopover
vacation

append
attach
be pendent
dangle
depend
hang down
hang up
hook up
sling
swing
wave

bar
bench
board
buffet
bureau
console
counter
desk
dining table
dinner table
dresser
lectern
pulpit
sideboard
sink
slab
stand
wagon

abandon
allow
cede
defer
delay
disclaim
disown
dispense with
forgo
grant
hand over
hold off
hold up
leave
neglect
postpone
prorogue
put off
refrain from
reject
relinquish
remit
remove

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