on the back burner

idiom

chiefly US

: in the position of something that will not receive immediate attention and action

She put her singing career on the back burner to pursue her dream of being a movie star.

Examples of on the back burner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For now, his retirement plans sit on the back burner. —Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024

Despite their vital role, upgrading them with the latest technologies to optimize operations, better manage energy use and keep occupants safe and comfortable is a time-consuming process often left on the back burner due to high costs and skilled labor shortages. —Billal Hammoud, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

And Rose, an actress who put her career on the back burner to have a kid, reassesses her choices after meeting Smith’s character, Helen. —Brent Lang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024

But like many working parents, the couple put their redesign on the back burner. —Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024

Brushing your teeth for two minutes to start and end the day might seem like a no-brainer, but overwhelmed, overstimulated moms can fall victim to placing the practice on the back burner to meet drop-off times in the morning and when exhausted after a bedtime routine at night. —Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 7 Feb. 2024

Then, in December, Nicki Minaj shut down West’s request that the track, which has been on the back burner since at least 2018, be included in Vultures. —Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024

Instead, the country was content to keep Gaza on the back burner while accelerating its increasingly provocative moves to expand its settlements and control over the West Bank. —Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023

Investors and entrepreneurs have had to focus on surviving a challenging market, putting the issue of diversifying the industry on the back burner. —Yuliya Chernova, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024