Meaning of front line | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A front, or a boundary between opposing positions.
2. A site of a conflict, effort, or controversial matter of any kind.
   broadly
3. The site of interaction with outsiders, such as customers.
4. A low level.
   euphemistic
5. attack, collectively the attackers or forwards.

Equivalents

Examples

“With such results possible on the front line of teaching, the only question remaining is whether much of the education industry will overcome its ....”

“With Donald J. Trump in office, using Twitter as a cattle prod to shock the country to attention multiple times a day […] there was a sense that every day on the site was a battle. That attitude was reflected in users who saw themselves as soldiers, eternally fighting to shift the front lines of the discourse an inch or two in the correct direction.”

“As one front line worker expressed it in a focus group, good managers "have a way about them" that makes them credible to others. ...”

“And that's not all - the historic timber tea room has been dismantled to allow the platforms to be altered. […] The tea room - one of the few timber station buildings still in front line service - will then be painstakingly rebuilt, but in a slightly different position.”

“Each of us, from top brass down to the front line worker, wishes to feel the satisfaction of doing something worth while and doing it well.”

“The home team eventually started to unpick the Town defence and Fabregas forced a saved from visiting goalkeeper Marton Fulop after collecting a pass from Bendtner, who played on the right side of the front line.”

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