on the front burner

English

Prepositional phrase

on the front burner

1. (idiomatic) Currently receiving attention.

   Antonym: on the back burner

   • 1991, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, START, Present Status and Prospects: Hearing..., page 12:

     […] 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 […]