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Definition of back-burner in English: back-burnerverb [with object]US Postpone consideration of or action on. a planned test of the new ale has been back-burnered Example sentencesExamples - Given this film's story - being a working mother yourself and baying been at one point a working wife - have you ever felt that pressure to back-burner your own career to deal more with your family?
- You could increase your dividend payout, or you could invest in those productivity programs that you've back-burnered for the past couple of years.
- The board back-burnered David's plans for making Chase a global bank.
- It's an appalling admission, but if certain people ask me to do something, and it's not my job or I don't deem it important, it gets back-burnered.
Origin 1970s: from the phrase on the back burner. Definition of back-burner in US English: back-burnerverbˈbakˌbərnər [with object]US Postpone consideration of or action on. a planned test of the new ale has been back-burnered Example sentencesExamples - You could increase your dividend payout, or you could invest in those productivity programs that you've back-burnered for the past couple of years.
- Given this film's story - being a working mother yourself and baying been at one point a working wife - have you ever felt that pressure to back-burner your own career to deal more with your family?
- It's an appalling admission, but if certain people ask me to do something, and it's not my job or I don't deem it important, it gets back-burnered.
- The board back-burnered David's plans for making Chase a global bank.
Origin 1970s: from the phrase on the back burner. |