bury the lead (English, verb)
expansion: bury the lead (third-person singular simple present buries the lead, present participle burying the lead, simple past and past participle buried the lead)
Senses:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts. See lead paragraph.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: buries the lead
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: burying the lead
tags: participle
present
form: buried the lead
tags: participle
past
form: buried the lead
tags: past
form: bury the lede
tags: alternative