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View synonyms for come forward

come forward

verb

  1. to offer one's services; volunteer
  2. to present oneself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Present oneself, offer one's services, as in The boss asked for more help, but no one was inclined to come forward . [Early 1800s]
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Example Sentences

When I think of the many rape victims who never come forward, who have been silenced in the same fashion, I am saddened.

I asked her if she thought Cosby would come forward at some point to address the allegations.

She felt compelled to come forward because the allegations in that case seem similar to her own regarding Cosby.

Scotland Yard released a video of the extraordinary crime in an appeal for anyone who recognizes the man to come forward.

In light of the Michael Brown shooting, others have come forward to share their own stories of bullying, and harassment by police.

In the next place, as I can find no other persons who will come forward on my platform, I am bound to offer myself everywhere.

No one has come forward to explain the reason of this particular sign being selected.

"Unless I come forward," he said very slowly, staring straight before him.

Hadria had come forward and was standing with her left elbow on the mantel-piece, the doll still tucked under her right arm.

Then he flung his glove at the king's feet, saying: "Let him who believes that calumny come forward!"

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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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