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Meaning of tip of the spear | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The foremost person or group; those on the front lines.
  2. The leading position of someone in a difficult situation.

Examples

“Bannon called Argentina “the tip of the tip of the spear of the fight for the Judeo-Christian west”.”
“In this and similar theorizing of criminal-justice reform, Simonson draws the focus of reform advocates to the tip of the spear—police administration.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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