"bury the lead" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: buries the lead [present, singular, third-person], burying the lead [participle, present], buried the lead [participle, past], buried the lead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bury the lead (third-person singular simple present buries the lead, present participle burying the lead, simple past and past participle buried the lead)
  1. (idiomatic) (news writing style) To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts. See lead paragraph. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Journalism Synonyms: bury the lede [US]
    Sense id: en-bury_the_lead-en-verb-Y19RISn~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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