firing line

Language: en

Meaning: (military)The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.; A row ofshooters.; (figurative)Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted.2023March 8, Howatd Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, inRAIL, number978, page50:Directly in theirfiring linewas Sir Brian Robertson, the retired Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces in the Second World War, who had been appointed chairman of the British Transport Commission (BTC) in 1953.; (idiomatic)Thevanguardof an activity.

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