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Idiom

up front

Meaning

Open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She is always up front about her feelings.”

“I appreciate that you were up front about the costs before we started the project.”

“By being entirely up front regarding the potential risks, the manager earned the trust of the entire team.”

Examples

simple

“She is always up front about her feelings.”

contextual

“I appreciate that you were up front about the costs before we started the project.”

complex

“By being entirely up front regarding the potential risks, the manager earned the trust of the entire team.”

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