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back burner
back burner n. 
/ˌbak ˈbəːnə/, /ˌbæk ˈbərnər/ on a cooking stove, a simmering-burner (burner n. 4c), frequently set behind the front burners or boiling-rings; used figuratively, esp. in on the back burner (colloquial, originally U.S.), (of an issue, etc.) in the state of being (temporarily) relegated or postponed; out of the forefront of attention; deferred, pending.
Brit. /ˈbak ˌbəːnə/
, /ˈbak ˌbəːnə//ˌbak ˈbəːnə/U.S. /ˈbæk ˌbərnər/
, /ˈbæk ˌbərnər//ˌbæk ˈbərnər/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adverb]
delayinglyc1475
lingeringly1589
retardately1598
dilatorily1700
unpromptly1837
procrastinatingly1847
temporizingly1847
on the back burner1963
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > part of
hotplate1803
firebox1838
range cock1842
hearth1845
boiling ring1894
griller1895
grill1907
ring1911
cooktop1941
hob1962
back burner1963
splashplate1967
1963 Times 26 Apr. 14/1 With Mr. Khrushchev showing no interest in the Anglo-American proposals, the test ban, with Berlin and the Soviet evacuation of Cuba, will have to be put on the back burner, as the Americans have it.
1966 Time 4 Feb. 39 That uniform gives prestige and status to a guy who's been 100 years on the back burner.
1973 Newsweek 19 Feb. 33 Integration has become a back-burner issue... The up-front concern now is to improve economic and social conditions for blacks.
1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Nov. 11/1 The new Parti Quebecois Government will either have to raise taxes.., or put most of Rene Levesque's election promises on a back burner for the time being.
1986 Times 10 Mar. 2/8 He had misgivings about the GM bid for BL because under its global strategy Britain had been put on the ‘backburner’ for the last decade.
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