front burner

"After yesterday the case is back on the front burner."

There was a pot of something on the front burner.

But now there are other issues on the front burners.

He said that the selection of a future music director was on the "front burner."

Suddenly, six months ago, the idea of having a child was moved onto the front burner for them.

"If an issue is on the front burner now, it's hard to say we should wait," he said.

The city does not have residents' concerns on the front burner, he said.

He said other parts of the agreement were on the front burner.

And this, in turn, has kept it off the front burner as a managed care issue.

Problems like Sunday circulation are moving to the front burner.