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*on the back burner

Fig. [of something] on hold or suspended temporarily. (Alludes to putting a pot that needs less active attention on a back burner of a stove, leaving space for pots that need to be stirred. Compare this with on the front burner. *Typically: be ~; put something ~.) The building project is on the back burner for now. This matter was on the back burner for a long time.

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If Liverpool City Council has pounds 50 million to spend, why have capital projects such as the Hall Lane Strategic Gateway been stuck on the back burner since February? Work of fiction? You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Improvements to Stratford's popular Waterside and Southern Lane area - part of the World Class Stratford initiative - have been put on the back burner following a decision by the county council's Stratford area committee . People power halts town's tourism plan by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Those properties might have been on the back burner during the past several years because of the market's attractiveness. Some developers use downturn to plot long-term projects by Faherty, Christopher / The Real Deal			on probation on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the button on the carpet on the case on the cheap on the contrary on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the defensive			On That Kush On That Note on that point on that score on that score on that score on that score on that score On That Side Opposite of Trans on the agenda On the Air On the Air On the Air On the Air On the Air on the alert on the alert on the alert on the alert on the alert on the anniversary on the application of one party On the Attack on the auction block on the auction block on the auction block on the auction block on the auction block on the average on the average on the back burner on the ball on the ball on the ball on the ball on the ball On the Ball City on the bandwagon on the barrelhead on the barrelhead on the barrelhead on the barrelhead on the basis of a year On the Beach On the Beach On the Beach (disambiguation) on the beam on the beam on the beam on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird On the bit On the bit On the bit On the bit On the bit on the bleeding edge on the blink on the blink

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