Antonyms for front line


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fruhnt-lahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrʌntˌlaɪn


Definition of front line

  • As in battlefield : noun location of military fights
  • As in firing line : noun line of battle
  • As in cutting edge : noun leading position
  • As in front : noun forward, beginning part of something
Example sentences :
  • On the 11th, the Battalion had a long, weary march to the front line.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • Close to the front line of spectators, however, there came a check.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • Ralph and Percy were both in the front line, behind the trees.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • The front line was getting it in the neck, which is unfair after dark.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 » by Various
  • "We're in view from the Boche front line from the top," he said sharply.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • This second line was usually as well sited for fire as the front line.
  • Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield
  • All who serve in the front line at a time like this are equally entitled to credit.
  • Extract from : « The Emma Gees » by Herbert Wes McBride
  • He posts Townshend facing this, at right angles to his front line.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • In a very short time we were able to use the Yeomanry in the front line.
  • Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres
  • Every good surgeon in the Confederacy should hasten to the front line of our armies.
  • Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

Synonyms for front line

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