back burner
noun
: the condition of being out of active consideration or development
—usually used in the phrase on the back burner
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That means tax cuts would be put on the back burner.
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Cate Martel, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
And while not every state allows the use of pepper spray, the Sabre Pepper Spray is an excellent safety accessory to have on the back burner for only $10.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
With three games and two joint practices in the next 12 days, the real test begins seeing who carves out a role on the 2024 Bengals and who slides to the back burner — or off the 53-man roster.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Working in middle management at his father-in-law JJ’s (Geoffrey Owens) foam-roller company, Junior has been forced to put his film-directing dreams on the back burner.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Cate Martel, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
And while not every state allows the use of pepper spray, the Sabre Pepper Spray is an excellent safety accessory to have on the back burner for only $10.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
With three games and two joint practices in the next 12 days, the real test begins seeing who carves out a role on the 2024 Bengals and who slides to the back burner — or off the 53-man roster.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Working in middle management at his father-in-law JJ’s (Geoffrey Owens) foam-roller company, Junior has been forced to put his film-directing dreams on the back burner.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Back burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20burner. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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