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on the back burner

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on the back burner

not getting or needing immediate attention. After months on the back burner, the debate about e-mail privacy is about to be renewed.

Usage notes: often used with put: She decided to attend Harvard, where she would study political theory and put her acting career on the back burner.

See also: back, burner

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