front up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
verb
To pay in advance or give with the expectation of being reimbursed later.
Example Sentences
- "Likewise, Causer (2005) stated that 'we wouldn't get that support [from African governments] if we didn't have the UK government fronting it up . . . so it needs to be government led . . . we wouldn't be anywhere at all without a UK government lead.'"
- "Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Crosbie, the lead for the Major Investigation Team, was fronting it up, but she wouldn't have expected anything else. A highprofile case always suits the suits."
- "Coming into a new team – especially fronting it up —can be tricky if you're replacing someone who didn't, let's say, want to leave the post, but the results of my predecessor spoke volumes: volumes of crime."
- ""Like this when you left for Suakin?" Patrick asked as he fronted up to the bar with the smaller man beside him."
- "Back in Brisbane on the Tuesday morning, I fronted up to have my knee checked out by Doctor Lars, an orthopaedic surgeon."
- "So I fronted up Saturday afternoon at the usual time to find quite a crowd of blokes waiting to go to work."