Idiom
matter at hand
Meaning
The current issue, which requires immediate attention.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please focus on the matter at hand.”
“We have many projects, but let us focus on the matter at hand before starting anything new.”
“Although the committee members frequently digressed into unrelated historical anecdotes, the chairperson repeatedly steered the discussion back to the urgent matter at hand.”
Examples
simple
“Please focus on the matter at hand.”
contextual
“We have many projects, but let us focus on the matter at hand before starting anything new.”
complex
“Although the committee members frequently digressed into unrelated historical anecdotes, the chairperson repeatedly steered the discussion back to the urgent matter at hand.”
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