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front burner
noun
- Informal. a condition or position of top priority:
Put the project on the front burner and finish it as soon as possible.
Other Words From
- front-burner adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of front burner1
Example Sentences
With firms less desperate for talent and diversity, equity and inclusion programs no longer on the front burner, initiatives like skills-based hiring can lose momentum.
I told him that this was on the front burner and that it would get appropriate attention.”
A top Department of Energy official in charge of overseeing the agency’s efficiency standards was in the hot seat Tuesday as House Republicans put gas stoves back on the front burner.
“It looks like it won’t breach. That is good. That is one less thing we have to have on our front burner,” Montpelier Town Manager Bill Fraser said.
The Biden administration’s proposed gas stove efficiency rules were placed on the front burner Wednesday as the House Oversight Committee sparred over potential regulations that have Department of Energy officials laying low.
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