Idioms
See forefront in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee forefront in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishat/in/to the forefront (of something)
- in or into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity
- Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement.
- The new product took the company to the forefront of the computer software field.
- This latest protest has brought prison conditions to the forefront of public attention.
- The court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought about it all the time).
Extra Examples- His new job thrust him to the forefront.
- She came to the forefront as governor after the political change.
- The new factory could put the town back at the forefront of steel manufacture.
- issues at the forefront of government policy
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