on the front burner

prepositional phrase

Currently receiving attention.

Opposite
on the back burner
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticCurrently receiving attention.

    […] 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 […]

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

    Antonyms: on the back burner

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseCurrently receiving attention.

Opposite
on the back burner
Cite this entry
APA

on the front burner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20front%20burner

MLA

“on the front burner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20front%20burner. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the front burner,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20front%20burner.

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