front line
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4.1
- noun
- /frʌnt laɪn/
- Specialized
:
línea del frente
- We move forward to the front line tonight.
- a front line soldier
- the front line of war
- the front line in battle
Now, just to explain, you can't just cross the front lines and take a train to see Ferdinand Fosch.
- Now, just to explain, you can't just cross the front lines and take a train to see Ferdinand Fosch.
- And he drove a motorcycle back and forth from the front lines.
- I mean, we were asked to write reports and to look and go to the front line to see what was going on.
- And Kabul became the front line of different factions fighting between each other.
- And then you've got people sending orders and making decisions who may not be on the actual front lines.
- Clear the way hey look back I've been going until they ready for me to get back on the front line right.
- But Armistice more along the like any Armistice along the lines of the current front lines.
Examples
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He was in Afghanistan on the front lines.
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And this, as you know, is the German front line.
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I would give anything to be on the front line again.
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I have to go to the front line again tomorrow.
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His four and a half months on the front lines had the biggest effect on him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Tanks are only brought up to near the front line at night.
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We simply cannot and should not ask people to be on the front line without the right protective equipment.
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And they're going to put me on the front lines of the war, right?
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I've never been on the front line of war.
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Soldiers bravely defended their country at the front line during the battle.
Synonyms
725
8.1
A defended position where soldiers stand during fighting
97
6.8
The line or area where opposing armies fight during a war
75
4.4
A place where people fight physically or argue strongly
10
5.2
An area where soldiers fight in a war
5
5.8
The place where two armies face each other and fight
1
5.0
A line where opposing armies stand and fight
1
8.1
A row of soldiers or ships arranged to fight the enemy
1
5.8
A line where soldiers shoot at the enemy
A clear division between two groups that shows who supports each side in a dispute
How Close
- Specialized
83
4.1
133
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'front line' transparently combines 'front' (the foremost position) and 'line' (a position or boundary), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to the leading or most active position where action or risk occurs. This battlefield-to-general-domain extension is common cross-linguistically and follows clear compositional patterns, making the overall meaning predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Front line The noun front line comes from war. It names the front (the part facing the enemy) and the line where armies meet and fight, so it means 'the place of fighting'.