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Firing line

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Noun
  1. 1
    The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.
  2. 2
    the most advanced and responsible group in an activity wordnet
  3. 3
    A row of shooters.
  4. 4
    the line from which soldiers deliver fire wordnet
  5. 5
    Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted. figuratively

    "Directly in their firing line was Sir Brian Robertson, the retired Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces in the Second World War, who had been appointed chairman of the British Transport Commission (BTC) in 1953."

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  1. 6
    The vanguard of an activity. idiomatic

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