pushsomethingback
phrasal verbwithpushverbuk/pʊʃ/us/pʊʃ/
todelaysomething so that ithappenslaterthanplanned:
Thetargetdateforconstructionhas beenpushedback.
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- slow roll
- spin
- stall