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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

[what's the best word] siimilar to put aside or left behind?

Dear Users,

I'm looking for the right word/expression that would fit into this context:

I finished writing all the comments and graded all the midterms, but because of that all the previous assignments that I meant to grade got:

a) left behind
b) put aside
c) stranded
d) sidelined

I don't know if those work. If not, are there better words/expressions?

Thanks
  

Top answer

A good idiom is: all the previous assignments that I meant to grade were put on the back burner. Changing the wording a bit: the grading of all previous assignments was deferred. the grading of all previous assignments was postponed.

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  • A good idiom is: all the previous assignments that I meant to grade were put on the back burner.
  • Changing the wording a bit: the grading of all previous assignments was deferred.
  • the grading of all previous assignments was postponed.
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A good idiom is:
all the previous assignments that I meant to grade were put on the back burner.

Changing the wording a bit:
the grading of all previous assignments was deferred.
the grading of all previous assignments was postponed.
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Thank you.

Do any of the ones I proposed work at all?
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And how about: to brush aside?
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Perfect StrangerDo any of the ones I proposed work at all?
put aside (for later)
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Perfect StrangerAnd how about: to brush aside?
No, that does not work.
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