backburner

verb

backburner

verb

Etymology From back + burner.

1

Idiomatic, Informal To relegate to a lower priority.

"What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC.2013, Lorna Stewart, BBC News, Love letters and kindness may improve mental health:

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