English Explanatory Dictionary

frontfire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have the intended effect.

Word forms

frontfire frontfires frontfiring frontfired

Etymology

From front + fire, coined as an opposite for backfire (and not usually seen without it).

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