firing line (English, noun)
expansion: firing line (plural firing lines)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.
glosses: A row of shooters.
glosses: Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted.
tags: figuratively
glosses: The vanguard of an activity.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: firing lines
tags: plural