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front office
noun
- the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of front office1
Idioms and Phrases
The policy-making or executive individuals in an organization, as in I'll have to check with the front office before I can give you a discount . This term was originally underworld slang for police headquarters or the main detective bureau. It soon was extended to other administrative offices and their personnel. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
Originally conceived of by Leanhardt while working in the Yankees’ front office, the bowling-pin-shaped torpedo model eschews the typical characteristics of traditional bat designs.
Who in the front office or clubhouse thought it was smart to celebrate the Dodgers’ incredible 2024 run — powered by talent homegrown and international that looks like the city on its logo — with someone who lost L.A.
Two other players, Luc Robitaille and Rob Blake, went from Nickson’s broadcasts into the Kings’ front office as president and general manager, respectively.
Now the Seahawks' front office has made some bold moves in a bid to truly move on from Pete Carroll's 14-year tenure and make this Macdonald's team.
Planning for the project had taken shape over the last two years, with Smith soliciting input from president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and his front office, players, members of the coaching staff and virtually anyone else who counts the clubhouse as their workplace on a daily basis.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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