FRONT LINE


Meaning of FRONT LINE in English

also front-line

(~s)

1.

The ~ is the place where two opposing armies are facing each other and where fighting is going on.

...a massive concentration of soldiers on the ~.

N-COUNT: usu the N

2.

A ~ state shares a border with a country that it is at war with or is in conflict with.

...the front-line states bordering South Africa.

ADJ: ADJ n

3.

Someone who is in the ~ has to play a very important part in defending or achieving something.

Information officers are in the ~ of putting across government policies.

PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v

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