front runner
or front-runner, frontrunner
a person who leads in any competition.
an entrant in a race who breaks to the front immediately and establishes the pace for the field.
an entrant in a race who performs well only when ahead of the field.
Origin of front runner
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How to use front runner in a sentence
In April, Wehby was the front-runner; now, she is trailing badly and Oregon is safely in the D column.
But being a front-runner can be a curse as much as a blessing.
What Hillary Clinton Can Learn From Portugal, Costa Rica, and England in the World Cup | Nathan Daschle | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, Senator Rand Paul last weekend won the straw poll at CPAC, so I guess that means he is now the 2016 front-runner.
Just ask the 2006-2007 presidential “front runner” Rudy Giuliani how that early status worked out for him.
Who Does the GOP Really Have To Run Against Hillary in 2016? | Myra Adams | January 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd he's not going to register, I shouldn't think, as they front-runner in the polls.
Boehner, the Tea Party, and the Ryan Express | Michael Tomasky | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
O'Connor's practiced eye saw no menace in that floundering front runner; no danger in a shaft already spent.
Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
British Dictionary definitions for frontrunner
/ (ˈfrʌntˌrʌnə) /
informal the leader or a favoured contestant in a race, election, etc
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