put on back burner

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• delay
• extend
• hold up
• postpone
• prolong
• set aside
• shelve
• stall
• suspend
• waive

Strong matches

• block
• detain
• hinder
• impede
• intermit
• lengthen
• obstruct
• procrastinate
• prorogue
• protract
• remit
• retard
• slow
• stay
• table

Weak matches

• give rain check
• hang fire
• lay over
• put on hold
• put on ice

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• defer
• delay
• hold up
• shelve
• suspend

Strong matches

• pigeonhole
• prorogue
• table

Weak matches

• carry forward
• carry over
• cool it
• give a rain check
• hang fire
• hold off
• hold over
• lay over
• put back
• put on hold

Strongest matches

• freeze
• give up
• mothball
• prolong
• put off
• suspend
• waive

Strong matches

• delay
• dismiss
• drop
• hold
• pigeonhole
• prorogue
• scrub
• sideline
• stay
• table

Weak matches

• hang up
• hold off
• hold over
• hold up
• lay aside
• put aside
• put on hold
• put on ice
• slow up
• tie up

Strongest matches

• choke off
• crimp
• foil
• impede
• obstruct
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart

Strong matches

• balk
• block
• confound
• corner
• crab
• cramp
• defeat
• mystify
• nonplus
• pigeonhole
• prevent
• puzzle
• shelve
• snooker
• stump

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• cut off
• dead-end
• give the runaround
• hang fire
• hang-up
• hold off
• hold up
• put on hold
• throw a monkey wrench into

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• arrest
• bar
• cease
• defer
• discontinue
• eject
• exclude
• file
• halt
• interrupt
• postpone
• put off
• reject
• rule out
• shelve
• stay
• waive
• withhold

Strong matches

• can
• check
• debar
• eliminate
• hang
• inactivate
• intermit
• omit
• pigeonhole
• procrastinate
• prorogue
• protract
• retard

Weak matches

• break up
• count out
• cut short
• hang fire
• hang up
• hold up
• lay aside
• lay off
• lay on the table
• lay over
• pink slip
• put a stop to
• put an end to
• put on hold
• put on ice
• put on the shelf
• stave off

Strongest matches

• defer
• propose
• put off
• shelve
• submit
• suggest

Strong matches

• cool
• delay
• enter
• hang
• move
• pigeonhole

Weak matches

• hold off
• hold up
• put aside
• put forward
• put on hold
• put on ice
• put on the shelf