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out-front

out-front adjective: forthright, explicit, open.

Adjective

out-front (comparative more out-front, superlative most out-front)

  1. Forthright, explicit, open.
    • Lesbians in NOW were tired of being told "You can do all the work but you can't say who you are," which is, of course, a humiliating posture. The out-front lesbians in the organization forced the organization to confront the issue.1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7

Forms of out-front

comparativemore out-front
superlativemost out-front

Questions about out-front

What does out-front mean?
Out-front means forthright, explicit, open.
What part of speech is out-front?
Out-front is an adjective.

Words near out-front in the dictionary

  1. out-flank
  2. out-flanked
  3. out-flanking
  4. out-flanks
  5. out-friend
  6. out-front
  7. out-gassing
  8. out-general
  9. out-generaled
  10. out-go
  11. out-goes

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