out frontadv.adj.

1865 Sci. Amer. 15 Apr. 252/2 (advt.) An extra section, which extends out front of the doors, where the fires are all made.

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 200 These average good men who had ‘joined up’ freely, who had longed for the end of home training and the transfer ‘out Front’.

1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice vi. 52 She went out front with an order, and me and the Greek sat down.

1937 C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 129 This little white lain pulled up out front in a big Lincoln touring a block long.

1962 Listener 11 Oct. 570/1 Obsolete accommodation, backstage and out-front.

1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 186 There is no difference for Falstaff between those on stage and those out front.

1976 L. Alther Kinflicks ii. 22 ‘Have you seen the new fishburger franchise?’ Mrs Yancy asked, pointing out the window at a red and silver building with a sign out front featuring in neon a one-legged pirate tangoing with a laughing swordfish.

1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 156/3 Powell himself was said to be deeply bothered by that, and to have realized that he had been too ‘out front’ on the issue.

1991 Western Living June 26/2 At every lake is a half-finished log cabin with a realtor sign out front.

1968 T. Wolfe Electric Kool-aid Acid Test iv. 53 A community of intelligent, very open, out-front people—out front was a term everybody was using.

1973 Black World Mar. 36 His behind-the-scenes rather than vigorous outfront leadership.

1976 Dyke Fall 47 The first out front Lesbian band in the world.

1989 R. O'Brien Marriott xiii. 169 Along with all this he developed out-front changes and innovations.