come forward
English
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Verb
[edit]come forward (third-person singular simple present comes forward, present participle coming forward, simple past came forward, past participle come forward)
- (intransitive, idiomatic, law, criminology) To offer help or information, especially about a crime.
- 2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian:
- I’m coming forward to publicly share my own story in the hope that I can encourage others to do the same and help tear down the wall of silence that perpetuates further abuse.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, forward.