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back burner

NOUN
  1. reduced priority
    dozens of cases were put on the back burner

How To Use back burner In A Sentence

  • If you can manage financially, suggest plans are put on the back burner for at six months. The Sun
  • For now talk of a little mix can be put on the back burner. The Sun
  • It's good news that driving is on the back burner for now. The Sun
  • Which of these tasks gets put on the back burner? Times, Sunday Times
  • Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner.
  • Twenty-eight mid-season replacements are already on the back burners of the six networks, compared with last year's 21 shows.
  • But with cuts for capital expenditure and the insidious effects of inflation, flat cash looks more and more like putting science on the back burner. Times, Sunday Times
  • The president's first offensive against social security has already been pushed onto the back burner.
  • Dermot joshed me on my memory lapse but he gave me an opportunity to write about that particular project which has been on the back burner for a while.
  • Exercise is often put on the back burner as we get older. Times, Sunday Times
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