home front

Noun

Meaning

the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war

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Examples

I wish people would shift that focus on to themselves and their own family and their own friends and just maybe spend a little more time on their home front. And not some distant planet that is me. Charlie Sheen

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act. Roger Wicker

Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front. Thomas Vilsack

You talk about the hostile enemy, obviously being Iraq, but hostile enemies right here on the home front. Yesterday Senator Ted Kennedy, proposing that any kind of a troop surge should mean there should be congressional approval of that. Ted Kennedy

And what some of them are getting to know is that while dad works his tail off as a coach, mom has quietly been holding things down on the home front. Source: Internet

As a result, Khmelnytsky had to deal with a Cossack rebellion on the home front. Source: Internet

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