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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.

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
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Origin of front burner

First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with back burner

OTHER WORDS FROM front burner

front-burner, adjective

Words nearby front burner

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