Meaning of to-do list | Babel Free

Definitions

A list of errands and other tasks – often written on a piece of paper as a memory aid – that one needs or intends to accomplish.

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Examples

“Mowing the lawn and chopping the weeds topped his to-do list of chores.”

“Back in his workshop in the barn, Mr. Scheel refined his to-do list: In addition to putting in the slide, he could cross off restoning the quarter-mile driveway, repairing the windmill-powered watering system and building an arbor gate for the vegetable garden .”

“I want to make that strawman into a steelman, but I eliminated "the pursuit of happiness" from my to-do list so many years ago that I don't even know where I'd begin.”

“Meanwhile, the Transport Select Committee published its final report on May 28, suggesting that the next government would "inherit an already long to-do list" - headed by rail reform, but also including clarity around future rail infrastructure investment.”

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