the home front

noun

: the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country

During the war we had to keep up morale on the home front.

Examples of the home front in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, on the home front, Yennefer is actively fighting to make the Continent safe for Ciri's eventual return. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025

Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars, as long as everything’s taken care of on the home front. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025

Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images The pomp and pageantry of U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K. are likely to offer a welcome distraction from the British government’s mounting troubles on the home front. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025

It’s been a big week on the home front for McCarthy, so there’s a lot going on. —Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the home front

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• blunt