back burner

In some Democratic-controlled areas, too, school funding has been put on the back burner.

The decision, which was not confirmed to be a disciplinary action, comes as the shooting — once thought to be election-defining — moves to the back burner on the campaign trail.

With Biden as the nominee, there was a real chance this issue would stay on the back burner.

North Korea’s nuclear threat has been kept largely on the back burner by President Biden’s administration, but pressure has been rising.

“All of these things have been put on the back burner by the SNP because they have been obsessed and focused on independence.”