home front

noun

the civilian sector of a nation at war when its armed forces are in combat abroad.

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First recorded in 1915–20

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Lastly, we did not create the conditions on the home front that could have sustained a truly long-term effort.

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When the men went off to battle, the women on the home front ended up running things, which led to political changes.

A hankering for travel among Australians has meant Qantas has been busy on the home front.

But there are home front reasons too, and these are more interesting.

My novel is about two American women on the home front during the 2005 portion of the war.

There was no divide between the home front and the battlefront.

The Home Front Command's hotlines have been flooded with tens of thousands of worried callers, causing the phone lines to crash.

Lacking a political approach with respect to Hamas, Israel has invested in defending its home-front while boosting deterrence.

Terrorists would love to recruit a fifth column to fight the war on the home front for them.

Hindenburg knew the hopelessness of the position, not only of the German army but also of the German home front.

Even so, the unprecedented series of catastrophes on the home-front of America overshadows everything.

This little book set us right both with the home front and with our foreign critics.

Generosity was not a conspicuous quality among the men who were engaged in breaking the home front.

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