"on the front burner" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the front burner, {{en-PP}} on the front burner
  1. (idiomatic) Currently receiving attention. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-on_the_front_burner-en-prep_phrase-b8sqnTX0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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