back burner

Speech parts

1. back burner - Noun

2. back burner - Adjective

3. back burner - Verb

Meaning

reduced priority

Alternative names

back-burner

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Examples

The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. Martha Reeves

Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box. Jennifer Aniston

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner. Cristela Alonzo

When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person. Allison Pearson

With 'Suite Life,' I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure. Debby Ryan

I very much regret that our administration has pushed the whole issue of Kosovo to the back burner. Eliot Engel

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