Work & careers
slip down someone's to-do list
become a lower priority
If something slips down your to-do list, it becomes less important because other tasks take priority.
Hear it in real life
Have you fixed the spare room yet?
Not yet; it keeps slipping down my to-do list.
Booking a dental check-up keeps slipping down my to-do list.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Booking a dental check-up keeps slipping off my to-do list.
Say: Booking a dental check-up keeps slipping down my to-do list.
“Slip off” means the task disappears from the list, rather than becoming less important on it.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
slip down my to-do list; keep slipping down the to-do list; slipped down her to-do list
Your turn: say it out loud
Booking a dental check-up keeps slipping down my to-do list.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
slip down someone's to-do list
become a lower priority
“Booking a dental check-up keeps slipping down my to-do list.”
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