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.
Compare
back burner.
Origin of front burner
First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with
back burner
OTHER WORDS FROM front burner
front-burn·er, adjectiveWords nearby front burner
frons,
front,
front and center,
front bench,
front bottom,
front burner,
front burner, on a,
front court,
front dive,
front door,
front foot
Example sentences from the Web for front burner
A new fuss over the public option would necessarily return health care to the front-burner and chew up a bunch of time.