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
Ieva-Lithuanian, Latvian
DottieDAHT-eeEnglish
Shqipe-Albanian
Abd Allah‘ahb-DAH:L-lah, ‘ahb-DOOL-lahArabic
Nail-Arabic, Tatar
MirÈIo-Occitan