the job/matter in hand
UK US the job/matter at handthe job or matter that is important at the present moment:
Could you just concentrate on the job in hand?
If we could return to the matter in hand, we can discuss other issues later.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- major league
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- prized
- radical
- sacred
- salient
- serious
- seriously
- substantial
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