in front of

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1. At or near the front part of (something).

   “There’s a bus stop in front of the faculty entrance, right on the same side of the road.”

   “I jerked the little girl back from in front of a speeding car just in time.”

2. In the presence of, in view of (someone).

   “Don't fight in front of the children!”

   “What happened to me was, right in front of my eyes- I was there with my brother- and right in front of my eyes, they, a team of monkeys came by to this poor guy that sells fruit for a living- and, I don't know, probably that was all his kids were gonna eat from the, you know, the money he had to make, you know, sell the fruit. But all of the sudden just a bunch of monkeys came by robbed the whole thing he had. It was like thirty of them, just robbed him blind the poor guy. He was chasing them all over. He would chase one and they would jump off and then come back and it was like the funniest thing I've ever seen.”

3. Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something).

   “I'll take the one in front of the black one.”

   “Write ‘Professor’ in front of her name.”