Front rank
Over and front rank are semantically related. in supremacy topic. In some cases you can use "Over" instead a noun phrase "Front rank".
Over
Over noun - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch.
Both terms in one sentence
- The warriors in the front rank dropped, and those in the second rank had to move adroitly to keep from stumbling over the bodies of their fallen fellows.
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And the front rank of the column falls, and the next rank steps over them, with drums hammering, and the column smashes your line like a hammer breaking glass... and Napoleon has won another battle.
Source: Rousing Speech -
By contrast, British soldiers would be organised into wide lines of men, with the front rank getting down and the men behind firing over their heads, allowing every single soldier to bring his musket to bear.
Source: More Dakka
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Over and Front rank. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/front_rank/over
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