front burner
Top stove position
Front burner refers to a position of priority or active attention, from the kitchen stove where pots on front burners get immediate attention while back burners hold things that can wait.
Something on the front burner is being actively worked on or given high priority: The project moved to the front burner after the CEO's call.
Often appears with "put" or "move."
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- top priorityMost important item
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- focusConcentrated attention point
attention · cooking · heat · flame · pressing · immediate · top · agenda · hot topic · on the radar · important · simmering · pot · kitchen · deadline · action item · active · full steam ahead
- Burners
- frontsfrontline, storefront, waterfront, beachfront, lakefront
- prioritypriority, top priority, high priority, low-priority, first priority
- figurative placeslimbo, crossroads, dead end, comfort zone, happy place
- workplace metaphorsglass ceiling, ladder, climbing, pipeline, low-hanging fruit