to-do list

plural to-do lists

1. 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.

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

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   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 .

   2007 September 14, Jill P. Capuzzo, “Between Film Sets, Life on Gossamer Lake”, in New York Times

   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.

   2012 July 7, Guy Srinivasan, “Wireheading Steelman”, in lw-seattle (Usenet)

   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.

   2024 June 12, Philip Haigh, “Rail reform is the first big test for incoming rail ministers”, in RAIL, number 1011, page 38

   Synonyms: agenda, tasklist, worklist