eyes front

British

interjection

military a command to troops to look ahead
a demand for attention

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Example Sentences

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Are those safety drivers eyes front, hands on the wheel?

From The Verge

Instead, Americans need to turn "eyes front" and face the ugly realities of permanent war.

From Salon

The aide returns to the front of the fence, shoulders back, eyes front.

From The Guardian

Bridgers has collaborated with Conor Oberst, the Bright Eyes front man, and she dated the indie-rock mainstay Ryan Adams, who is twenty years her senior.

From The New Yorker

“I do,” he answers, eyes front, looking over my family’s heads.

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