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backburner
noun 1verb 1
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2VERB + BACKBURNER
placed, project, put
PREP.
along, on, until, with
Definitions
noun
1
Alternative form of back burner.
There had been plans to extend electrification from Harrow to Rickmansworth. But when the First World War broke out in 1914, this and a new branch to Watford were placed on the backburner, along with further housing development.
verb
1
To relegate to a lower priority.
"What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC.
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There had been plans to extend electrification from Harrow to Rickmansworth. But when the First World War broke out in 1914, this and a new branch to Watford were placed on the backburner, along with
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"What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC.
Wiktionary03
They had to put that project on the backburner until financing was arranged.
Tatoeba · #620602004
The Sahrawi conflict was put on the backburner.
Tatoeba · #10963110Usage Notes
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