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.
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Zelensky has been criticized by the political opposition, civil society, and by some members of the armed forces for maintaining too sharp a divide between the frontline and the home front.
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
But the intrigue consumes him totally, leading to troubles at work and on the home front with his wife (Cobie Smulders) and young son.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Even people who have volunteered for risky missions in their public-health work are still getting used to the idea that the danger has arrived at the home front.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
On the home front, plenty of organizational staples and furniture must-haves at Wayfair and West Elm are going for can’t-beat prices.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
But the intrigue consumes him totally, leading to troubles at work and on the home front with his wife (Cobie Smulders) and young son.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Even people who have volunteered for risky missions in their public-health work are still getting used to the idea that the danger has arrived at the home front.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
On the home front, plenty of organizational staples and furniture must-haves at Wayfair and West Elm are going for can’t-beat prices.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the home front
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