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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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Origin of front burner
First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with back burner
OTHER WORDS FROM front burner
front-burner, adjectiveWords nearby front burner
frontality, frontal lobe, front and center, front bench, front bottom, front burner, front burner, on a, front channel, front court, front desk, front dive
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