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FIRING LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most advanced and responsible group in an activity
Example:
the firing line is where the action is
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("firing line" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The line from which soldiers deliver fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("firing line" is a kind of...):
line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))
