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front

1. in. to pay out money in advance of receiving goods; to pay up front. (see also front money.) I fronted about $550 for the new computer.

2. n. a respectable appearance. Jan can put up a good front, but most of us know the real Jan.

3. in. to pretend; to lie. Stop fronting and be yourself.

4. tv. to challenge someone; to confront someone, perhaps in anger. Don’t front me unless you are ready for a fight.

See:

• all quiet on the Western Front
• be in the front line
• be on the front foot
• brave face, put on a
• burn bridges in front of
• can't see hand in front of face
• cook with gas
• dangle before
• front
• front and center
• front burner, on a
• front foot
• front for
• front load
• front man
• front money
• front off
• front off about something
• front office
• front on
• front onto
• front runner
• front some amount of money
• front wall
• front-runner
• fronts
• in front
• in front of
• in front of (one's) nose
• in front of (one's) very eyes
• on the front burner
• on the front foot
• on the front line of
• out front
• parade in front of
• pull in front of
• put (something) on the front burner
• put a brave face on
• put on a brave front
• put on a front
• put one foot in front of the other
• put up a brave front
• put up a front
• the front office
• up front