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back burner
noun
- a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner ):
Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
back burner
noun
- on the back burnerput aside for the time being, as a subject that is not of immediate concern but that may be activated later; postponed
Word History and Origins
Origin of back burner1
Example Sentences
I wasn’t really keen on going there because it’s kind of been done many times and we put it on the back burner saying, “Someday we’ll figure this out.”
For now, thoughts of defending his Olympic title in Los Angeles in 2028 are on the back burner.
In some Democratic-controlled areas, too, school funding has been put on the back burner.
The decision, which was not confirmed to be a disciplinary action, comes as the shooting — once thought to be election-defining — moves to the back burner on the campaign trail.
With Biden as the nominee, there was a real chance this issue would stay on the back burner.
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