"need more time in the oven" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: needs more time in the oven [present, singular, third-person], needing more time in the oven [participle, present], needed more time in the oven [participle, past], needed more time in the oven [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} need more time in the oven (third-person singular simple present needs more time in the oven, present participle needing more time in the oven, simple past and past participle needed more time in the oven)
  1. (figurative) Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality. Tags: figuratively Related terms: half-baked, underbaked
    Sense id: en-need_more_time_in_the_oven-en-verb-uA9l6H7F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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