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Definition of Come forward
1. Verb. Make oneself visible; take action. "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Definition of Come forward
1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to offer help or information (especially, about a crime) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Forward
Literary usage of Come forward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Kate Stephens (1896)
"I hallooed again to him, and made signs to come forward, which he easily understood,
and came a little way ; then stopped again, and then a little farther, ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"After the dissolution in 1869 he was invited by the liberals of Leeds to come
forward with Mr. Baines. Forster, though afterwards regarded as par excellence ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... had come forward before. His name in doing vengeance on the " flint- was kept
a secret. Very little has been hearted Saxon. ..."
4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"That, on the contrary, you will come forward in the public councils, become the
missionary of this doctrine, truly Chris- tan, insinuate and inculcate it, ..."
5. Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Rumford (1800)
"... pointed out who arc more immediately called upon to come forward with Schemes
for the Relief of the Poor, and to give their active ..."
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