Back burner
a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner):
Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
Contemporary Examples
And while his Town & Country photo shoot nearly broke the Internet, modeling is on the back burner: “Acting is my first priority.”
Scott Eastwood Is More Than Just Clint’s Smokin’ Hot Son Anna Klassen September 24, 2013
noun
on the back burner, put aside for the time being, as a subject that is not of immediate concern but that may be activated later; postponed
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See backburner
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- Back burner, on a
In a position of low priority. For example, I haven’t forgotten his letter; I’ve just put it on a back burner for now. This term alludes to a cook’s putting items requiring less attention at the back of the stove. [ ; mid-1900s ] Also see: front burner
- Back button
noun a button on a Web browser’s toolbar for returning to the previously visited Web page, which sometimes can be accessed through a programmed keyboard or mouse button Examples The back button will take you through all of the sites you looked at today.
- Backcast
a short backward and often upward swing of a fishing rod, its line, and its lure in preparation for the cast that immediately follows.
- Back catalog
noun all of the works previously produced by a recording artist, group, or record company Examples You can order any recording from that artist’s back catalog. Usage Note music
- Back catalogue
noun the recordings that a musician has made in the past, as distinct from his or her current recording Contemporary Examples In person, Reiner is gregarious and very chatty, regaling you with great anecdotes from his back catalogue. Rob Reiner on the State of Romcoms, ‘The Princess Bride’s’ Alternate Ending, and the Red Viper Marlow […]