back burner

collocation in English

meaningsofbackandburner

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back
noun[C]
uk
/bæk/us
/bæk/
the inside or outside part of an object, vehicle, building, etc. that is furthest from ...
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burner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.nər/us
/ˈbɝː.nɚ/
the part of a cooker, light, etc. that produces flame ...
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(Definition ofbackandburnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofback burner

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Counter-productive masters were put on thebackburner(front burner did not become fashionable until the 1970s).
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But reform was put on thebackburner.
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Representations made to them are placed on thebackburneras they deal with the more momentous matters of how they can consolidate their hold on power.
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But when moral issues are placed on thebackburnerof a campaign or partisan moral differences are blurred, the orthodox-progressive divide should be much less relevant to political behaviour.
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Institutional reform has been put on thebackburner, and there is no sign yet of agricultural reform.
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All the schemes for electrification have been put on thebackburner.
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Those that demand careful consideration and attention are left on thebackburner.
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It has not been put on thebackburner, and we shall seek the earliest legislative opportunity to push ahead with it.
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We understood that the project was secure, but now it is to be pushed on to thebackburneras the financial package is re-examined.
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That company is then dissolved or put on abackburner.
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The real solution —a major increase in resources —is put on thebackburner.
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It is not something which has just been plucked off thebackburner; it has been discussed for a long time.
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Better still, it is no longer sacrilegious to ask the question: should the whole project not be put on thebackburner?
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To put it bluntly the matter has been put on thebackburner.
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Unless things improve rapidly, animal welfare could be put on abackburnerand that would be a very bad thing.
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The idea of a healthy body had been pushed on to thebackburner.
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Rather than push questions about reform on to thebackburner, it has brought those questions further forward.
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I do not believe for a moment that it is adequate simply to put the problem on thebackburner.
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The problem is not on thebackburner.
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It now appears that it has been put on thebackburner.
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