on the back burner
(Redirected from put on the back burner)
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- (idiomatic) Not immediate; inactive; receiving or requiring less than full or regular attention.
- Antonym: on the front burner
- That project is on the back burner until we deal with higher priorities.
- 2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times[1]:
- After some years sweating on the back burner of show business, Ms. Brier, 28, has found instant success on the social media platform of the moment, TikTok.
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not immediate
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