up front

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   in a forward position

2. Oxford10% of films

   as payment in advance

In the movies · 27

• If you need me, I'll be right up front.Jurassic World2015
• I'm gonna get up front. Somebody help me.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• I've got Colson's name up front.All the President's Men1976
• They'd post me up front.The Straight Story1999
• Bad guys attack from up front.End of Watch2012
• Transfer team, up front!The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023
• Donnie, you ride up front.Donnie Brasco1997
• I've always been up front with you.The Spectacular Now2013

Learn it in full scenes

• All the President's Men1976
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  • Woodward Traces the White House Call
  • Who Gets the Watergate Story

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