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on the front burner

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Currently receiving attention.

idiomatic

Examples

“[…] arms control⟳ was on the front burner. With the fall⟳ of the Berlin Wall and with other events in the Soviet Union, arms control⟳ has not been on the lips of many Senators or people in Congress […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

on the front foot on the game on the go on the grid on the gridiron on the gripping hand

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