Definition of on the front burner

on the front burner

adjective

• a priority. Contrast with "on the back burner".

  The Jones account is now on the front burner.

  • See more words with the same meaning: important, a priority.

  Last edited on Jan 01 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 01 2011.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'important, a priority':
sexy	Definitions include: impressive.
own the cheese	Definitions include: extremely cool, important.
give af	Definitions include: "give a fuck".
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
package	Definitions include: male genitalia.
big fish	Definitions include: something important.
Big Game, the	Definitions include: a particular important sporting event.
big deal	Definitions include: sarcastic interjection to espouse one's belief that the subject isn't a big deal.
biggie	Definitions include: something important.
croosh	Definitions include: "crucial".
baby	Definitions include: affectionate form of reference or address for one's significant other.

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Other terms relating to 'burner':
burner	Definitions include: a handgun.
cook on all four burners	Definitions include: to be proceeding well or rapidly.
on the back burner	Definitions include: of low priority.
on the bottom burner	Definitions include: of low priority.
rice burner	Definitions include: A sport motorcycle from Japan.
Other terms relating to 'front':
BIF	Definitions include: acronym for "butt in front".
Bottle in front of me, frontal lobotomy	Definitions include: This describes a comical way to say that someone plans to drink until they function like a brain surgery patient.
front	Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else.
front bottom	Definitions include: childish name for the female genitalia.
front butt	Definitions include: the fatty area below the stomach and above the genitalia.
frontin'	Definitions include: knowing that you're wrong, but won't admit it because you're too proud.
lady's front bottom	Definitions include: A lady's private parts.
off the front	Definitions include: To be off the front in bicycle racing means that you have jumped ahead of the main pack of riders.
shut the front door	Definitions include: "shut the fuck up".
Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
be like flies on sh*t	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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