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Backlog |
Backlog of a backlog of request Clear...backlog It's going to take us months to clear the backlog. |
a large amount of work that you need to complete, especially work that should already have been completed |
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Catch up on |
Probably they've got a backlog to catch up on. |
1: to learn about (recent events) He reads the newspaper on Sunday mornings to catch up on the news. 2 : to do (something) that one could have done earlier She has to catch up on her homework. |
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fortnight fortnightly biweekly |
a fortnight’s holiday in a fortnight’s time a fortnight ago |
two weeks |
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Semi-weekly |
Twice a week Biweekly |
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Biweekly Bimonthly |
Fortnightly Every other week Or.... Twice a week |
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making up for it make up for (something) |
It's OK. I'm making up for lost time. |
to do or have something as a way of correcting or improving (something else) He wanted to make up for neglecting his children by spending more time with them. |
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hit it off (informal) speaking |
I didn't quite hit it off with the sales manager. |
If two people hit it off, they like each other and become friendly as soon as they meet. |
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Presume - verb presumption - noun presumably- adverb |
presume somebody/something to be somebody/something presume that be presumed to do something The temple is presumed to date from the first century BC. |
SYN : assume |
