front burner
putting or placing something "on the front burner" means that it is important, or a priority. (an unimportant event or person could be said to be on the "back burner") From the setup of a cooking range, where items on the front burner are closer to you and can be watched over more easily and effectively.
I gotta put paying my bills on time on the front burner since I got behind. That guy is so hot, he's a front burner for sure.
front burner
Something of higher priority.
The Henderson account is on the front burner for today.
front burner
1. an attractive female, so hot that she is the large, front burner on the stove.
Damn, that hotty is a front burner for sure.
front burner
On a soap opera, a story that gets coverage everyday.
The story about edmund's murder has been on the front burner on All My Children.
on the front burner
getting immediate attention
If they don't have the task of repairing the car on the front burner, then we will be in a difficult situation.