Definition of Out front

1. Adverb. Leading or ahead in a competition. "The advertising campaign put them out front in sales"

Exact synonyms: Ahead, In The Lead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Out Front

out-of-whack
out-of-work
out-swinger
out-there-ness
out-thereness
out-top
out-topped
out-topping
out-tops
out-tray
out-turn
out-winter
out and about
out and away
out ball
out front (current term)
out in
out like a light
out loud
out of
out of action
out of all proportion
out of bounds
out of breath
out of breath(p)
out of business
out of character
out of commission
out of condition
out of context

Literary usage of Out front

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1794)
"... 'which had been fent out front Cadiz in the latter end of the preceding year, fakes the ifland of Sf. Catharine's, Reduces the colony of St. Sacrament. ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Gimme an hour or so and meet me out front." "It's a date." Le was half a block from home when he spotted Natalie sitting on her porch, staring at the park. ..."

3. Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau, Voennai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ imeni M.V. Frunze (1996)
"In Vignette 43, the forward patrol is 50-60 meters out front, while the ... In Vignette 37, the patrol is 20 minutes out front. In this vignette, the patrol ..."

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