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on the front burner

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on the front burner
getting or needing immediate attention. We want to make sure that aid for Africa is on the front burner. Retirement planning hasn't exactly been on Kessler's front burner.
Usage notes: sometimes used with put: The president has finally put this issue on the front burner.
Opposite of: on the back burner
See also: burner, front

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