положить во главу угла

• СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ <КЛАСТЬ/ПОЛОЖИТЬ> ВО ГЛАВУ УГЛА что lit

[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ to consider sth. to be vital, of extremely great importance, more important than anything else:

- X ставит Y во главу угла{{}}≈ X puts Y ahead of everything else;

- X puts Y at the top <the head> of the list;

- X assigns primary importance to Y;

- X considers Y (to be) of paramount importance;

- X gives Y top (first) priority;

- X makes Y X's top priority.