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View synonyms for back burner
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of back burner1
First recorded in 1945–50; from the custom in cooking of placing pots not requiring immediate attention toward the rear of the stove
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Example Sentences
Denzel Washington in Philadelphia: “There was something like that [with Philadelphia] where I was on the back-burner.”
From The Daily Beast
And while his Town & Country photo shoot nearly broke the Internet, modeling is on the back burner: “Acting is my first priority.”
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