put (something) on the back burner



put (something) on the back burner

To establish something as being a low priority; to give something less or little thought or attention; to postpone, suspend, or hold off on doing something. I'm going to be putting work stuff on the back burner for a while once my son is born. I think we should put painting the house on the back burner until we decide on what furniture we want to buy.
See also: back, burner, on, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aminah (2)-Arabic
Kara (1)-English
AnnaAN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
TÖMÖRbaatar-Mongolian
ThỊ-Vietnamese
Uranusyuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)