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单词 on the back burner
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on the back burner

If something is on the back burner, it is temporarily not being dealt with or considered, especially because it is not urgent or important:

We've all had to put our plans on the back burner for a while.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Delaying and wasting time

  • ado
  • be on ice idiom
  • bugger
  • bugger about
  • bugger sb about
  • carry
  • hold
  • hold sb over
  • hold sb/sth back
  • hold sb/sth up
  • hold up
  • ice
  • kick
  • push
  • retardation
  • set sth/sb back
  • shelve
  • sit
  • sit on sth
  • spin your wheels idiom

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on the back burner

also to the back burner

not being done now, but left to be considered in the future:

The company put the project on the back burner.
Their complaints have definitely been pushed to the back burner.
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