What does back-burner mean?
Back-burner means (idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important..
Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved.
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Back-burner means (idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important..
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Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved.
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