The civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad.
the second world war was drawing local medical staff away from the home front
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The image captures a personal moment, one that links the soldier with the home front and the wife he left behind.
Even as I said these words, I realized that, our inevitable victory would not be without cost: cost on both the military and home fronts.
The main theme is "the relationship between the battle front and the home fronts among the Western Front powers".
There is no better way to connect the front lines to the home front than to provide that prepaid calling card.
During the dark days of World War Two he kept the home front happy with memorable radio plays.
The soldiers fight to protect the home front and to protect future terror.
It's up to her to protect the home front and keep house and family together during the dark times ahead.
Many critics believed that the living memorial would carry the communal spirit of the home front into peacetime.
Since employment responsibilities were unlikely to ease, administrators turned their attention to the home front.
Getting the news quickly back to the home front has always been a problem.
Phrases
on the home front
At home; domestically.
there were sad developments on the home front when his wife died
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On the home front, evidence of a strengthening of economic activity continues to accumulate.
Women back on the home front were coming out of a period during which they had been thrust into unfamiliar roles—as military officers and family breadwinners.
They made significant contributions to the war effort on the home front and the battlefield.
On the home front, there is a national election to be planned, fought, and won.
On the home front this holiday season, many Americans are showing their support for the troops.
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Definition of home front in US English:
home front
noun
The civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad.
Example sentencesExamples
There is no better way to connect the front lines to the home front than to provide that prepaid calling card.
Even as I said these words, I realized that, our inevitable victory would not be without cost: cost on both the military and home fronts.
The soldiers fight to protect the home front and to protect future terror.
The main theme is "the relationship between the battle front and the home fronts among the Western Front powers".
The image captures a personal moment, one that links the soldier with the home front and the wife he left behind.
Since employment responsibilities were unlikely to ease, administrators turned their attention to the home front.
Many critics believed that the living memorial would carry the communal spirit of the home front into peacetime.
Getting the news quickly back to the home front has always been a problem.
During the dark days of World War Two he kept the home front happy with memorable radio plays.
It's up to her to protect the home front and keep house and family together during the dark times ahead.