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Up front

adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful. idiomatic

    "I will be up front with you: what you are asking may be costly and difficult."

Adverb
  1. 1
    At the beginning; before anything begins. idiomatic

    "If we settle on the terms of the deal up front there will be much less arguing later."

  2. 2
    At the front.

    "If you don't have anything to do up front, help organize the boxes in back."

  3. 3
    In attacking positions.

    "But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive."

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