Idiom
bury the lede
Meaning
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You buried the lede by mentioning the price at the very end.”
“The reporter buried the lede, leaving the most important news about the election results until the final paragraph.”
“By focusing on minor administrative details rather than the impending merger, the CEO effectively buried the lede during the annual shareholders meeting.”
Examples
simple
“You buried the lede by mentioning the price at the very end.”
contextual
“The reporter buried the lede, leaving the most important news about the election results until the final paragraph.”
complex
“By focusing on minor administrative details rather than the impending merger, the CEO effectively buried the lede during the annual shareholders meeting.”
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