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What does on the back burner mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word on the back burner? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) Not immediate; inactive; receiving less than full or regular attention.
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Why not put space exploration on the back burner until we have solved more problems here where real life is?
The budget negotiations, which were meant to dominate this month's European summit, will now be placed on the back burner.
These issues are some that we all need to think about, get answers to, and not have put on the back burner.
Feel free to take time off and put all inconvenient issues on the back burner.
First, I would put my writing on the back burner until I became well established in science.
These projects were kept on the back burner to avoid inconvenience to citizens, especially in traffic flow.

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