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back-burner
adj 1verb 1
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3ADJ.
left
PREP.
on
ADV.
once
Definitions
adj
1
Having low urgency; not currently important.
verb
1
Alternative form of backburner.
Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved.
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Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved.
Wiktionary02
Their dog was left on the back-burner once they had their baby.
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