"bury the lede" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bury the lede.ogg Forms: buries the lede [present, singular, third-person], burying the lede [participle, present], buried the lede [participle, past], buried the lede [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bury the lede (third-person singular simple present buries the lede, present participle burying the lede, simple past and past participle buried the lede)
  1. (idiomatic, US, journalism) To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts. Tags: US, idiomatic Categories (topical): Mass media Synonyms: bury the lead (english: non-US and some US) Related terms: BLUF [US] [military, war, government, politics], Alternative spelling of (english: lead)
    Sense id: en-bury_the_lede-en-verb-x4RvZzCx Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: journalism, media

Inflected forms

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