back-burner
verb/ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/
/ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they back-burner | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/ |
| he / she / it back-burners | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəz/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərz/ |
| past simple back-burnered | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəd/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərd/ |
| past participle back-burnered | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəd/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərd/ |
| -ing form back-burnering | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnərɪŋ/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərɪŋ/ |
- back-burner something (especially North American English, informal) to leave an idea or a plan for a time, to be done or considered later
- Our expansion plans will have to be back-burnered in the current economic climate.
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