BACK-BURNER


Meaning of BACK-BURNER in English

ˈback-ˌburner BrE AmE , back‧bur‧ner /ˈbækˌbɜːnə $ -ˌbɜːrnər/ verb [transitive] informal

to delay doing something, because it does not need your attention immediately or because it is not as important as other things that you need to do immediately:

Allison back-burnered her prestigious law career when she had a baby.

The project has been backburnered.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.