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Influence & Involvement - Priority

Discover how English idioms like "on the back burner" and "get down to brass tacks" relate to priority in English.

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a state of low priority where something is set aside to be dealt with later

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to have more interesting or important matters to deal with

Ex: Dealing with this minor customer request is not a priority ; have better fish to catch, such as resolving a major service outage .
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to begin talking about basic or important facts of a situation

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used when one has to focus on the simplest and most important facts of a situation, particularly those that one was ignoring, in order to get the intended result

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an individual who is not as important or influential as someone else in an organization

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a person who does not receive as much attention or is not as influential as someone else in a group or organization

Ex: He 's always been second fiddle to his younger brother , but he 's finally starting to come into his own .
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to be placed in a less important or weaker position compared to that of someone else

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used to state that there are more important things that one must do or consider before trying to deal with other things

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in the position of utmost importance or high priority

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something that is not being thought about or considered, often due to more pressing or immediate concerns

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an alternative that is not as fulfilling or desirable as other options that one has

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to not have the same importance or urgency as something else

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to see something as extremely necessary or important

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a state of high priority where something is dealt with immediately or given the most attention

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