english
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Phrase(s): front someone some amount of money
to provide an advance payment of some amount to someone. • The buyer fronted me half the purchase price as a favor.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with FRONT, Also see BRAVE FACE (FRONT); IN FRONT OF; OUT FRONT; UP FRONT.
American Heritage Idioms
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front for sth
If a person fronts for an illegal organization, they help that organization by using their good reputation to hide its secret activities
• The police suspect him of fronting for a crime syndicate.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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adj.
anterior:
The front two tires are flat.
noun
anterior:
The front of the car was green.
noun
cover:
The store was a front for thieves., verb
disguise:
We will front for the other company.
Simple Definitions
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noun line/area where fighting takes place in a war ADJ. eastern, western, etc. Thousands were killed on the eastern front. VERB + FRONT send sb to Even young teenagers were sent to the front. PREP. at the ~ A new battalion arrived at the front. | on the~ They had to fight on two fronts. way of behaving that hides your true feelings ADJ. bold, brave VERB + FRONT put on She put on a brave front, but I knew how miserable she was. PREP. ~ for Her aggressive behaviour is just a front for her shyness. PHRASES present a united front However much the directors disagree with each other, they always present a united front to the world.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary