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idiomin/on the front line1 used in order to say that a person or business is involved in or responsible for all the latest developments in something:Hoechst's laboratory is on the front line of medical research. Joining Rolls Royce workers in the front line of the campaign to reduce the working week to 35 hours are employees from British Aerospace and Smiths Industries.2 used in order to say that a person or organization deals with very difficult, unpleasant, and often dangerous problems in their job:As a cop, you are in the front line every day - you have to be prepared for that.After ten years working as a teacher on the front line in an inner city school, he had a nervous breakdown.front-line: The crisis centre is a front-line service providing vital support to the community.
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