Synonyms

back burner

back burner

noun
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.

Origin:
1945–50; from the custom in cooking of placing pots not requiring immediate attention toward the rear of the stove
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Back burner is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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back burner
 
n
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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Main Entry:  back burner
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