一旦

一旦 marks a temporary or provisional stance. It often signals that the following action is a stopgap or interim step, or that a situation will be reconsidered later. It can precede a decision, a change of plan, or a more thorough action after an initial step. It is frequently used before put-off decisions, or before taking a break, pausing, or postponing until later. It is common with te-form verbs to indicate that you will do something temporarily or after taking a short pause, or to precede a change of plan after doing something once.