back burner

See also: backburner and back-burner

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Noun

back burner (plural back burners)

A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
(idiomatic) A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.

Derived terms

on the back burner, put on the back burner

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