out front
64
2.3
- idiom
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en la entrada
- I saw your sign out front.
- parked out front
- a car out front
- meet you out front
You know, because every time we call you out to come out front, come out front.
- You know, because every time we call you out to come out front, come out front.
- No, there's a squad car out front.
- I'm near a cave and there's just snow and I see bare footprints out front.
- Bunch of bird houses, people selling bird cages out front.
- And then they, as they're out front and they look and, and to see, well, where did this man go?
- The the Zintani militia who was always camped or parked when I say camp, they were parked out front with in gun trucks to help secure the area.
- And so Trevin obviously gets up, walks down the stairs, and then Trevin can also see the people out front.
- But we drive up and down the streets in America and you look at every house and it's got a little picket fence out front and it's got grass and car in the driveway.
Examples
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Now meet me out front.
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Then a car pulled up out front, and a flashing light revolved across the ceiling.
Fiction book (1998) -
Do you see all those people out front?
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Uh, listen, if you could wait out front for 15 minutes...
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I saw her car parked out front.
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If you all come on out front, we'll start getting this paperwork out of the way.
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Our whole transaction took place out front at the curb.
Fiction book (1998) -
This is right out front of the iconic Northwest Mutual Tower complex.
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Out front, the big sign says, "Doors Open at 12:00 Noon."
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Do you see all those people out front?
Synonyms
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1.0
Ahead of or facing something where people can see it
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1.0
At a place ahead of someone or something
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in a position at the front of a building or outside the main entrance' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'out' (outside) with 'front' (the side/entrance). This is a straightforward locative composition common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Out front comes from the simple picture of something or someone placed out at the front of a house or building, by the door. That's why it means 'in a position at the front of a building' or 'outside the main entrance'.