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back burner

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Noun1.back burner - reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"
precedence, precedency, priority - status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
front burner - top priority; "the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines"
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The concerns of those ``shortsighted parochials'' back home will be relegated to the back burner as an annoyance to be kept at bay with self-aggrandizing press releases and a program of well-financed campaign literature, often made possible by the lobbyists they now serve.
LOBBYISTS AREN'T LAWMAKERS' FRIENDS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Fund activity and the focus on 2007 acreage has relegated harvest data to the back burner.
Corn, bean harvest marks barely ripple markets by Pro Farmer
Now, data projects that have been on the back burner for a couple of years will come to the forefront given rise to demand for different skill sets in the software arena.
It's a boom world for the workers in some of these tech sectors by Potkewitz, Hilary / Los Angeles Business Journal
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