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back-burner

Flag: gbEnglishOxford Dictionary of English
back-burner /ˈbakˌbəːnə /
▸ verb [with object] US English postpone consideration of or action on:
a planned test of the new ale has been back-burnered.
– ORIGIN 1970s: from the phrase on the back burner.