come forward
come forward · comes forward · came forward · come forward · coming forward
выйти, выходить
herauskommen, weggehen, hinausgehen
To offer help or information, especially about a crimeTo offer help or information, especially about a crime.
» Let Tom come forward and speak.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, intransitive)To offer help or information, especially about a crime.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, forward.
More definitions
- make oneself visible; take action
Examples
26 sentencesLet Tom come forward and speak.
Tom came forward.
ruТом вышел вперёд. — odexed
deTom meldete sich. — pne
Six men came forward to volunteer for the work.
deSechs Männer traten als Freiwillige für die Arbeit vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
People started coming forward and telling police what they knew.
No one has come forward to claim responsibility for what happened.
Forms
comes forward, coming forward, came forward, come forward| Base form | come forward · to come forward |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes forward |
| Present participle | coming forward |
| Past simple | came forward |
| Past participle | come forward |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- come upпідійти, піднятисяTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- come offнатрапити, натраплятиTo become detached.
- come outпоставити, ставитиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- come onпройти, проходитиTo encounter, discover; to come upon.
- come inздаватися, кидатиTo enter.
- come downпадати, впастиTo descend, fall down, collapse.
- come backповернутисяTo return to a place.
- come overнатрапити, натраплятиTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
More 8
- come afterловити, полюватиTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come aroundдорівнювати, отямитисяTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
- come throughдоставити, доставлятиTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
- come alongрозвивати, розвиватисяTo accompany.
- come aboutстатися, відбутисяTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
- come toдорівнювати, отямитисяTo recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- come acrossнатрапити, натраплятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- come byTo obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- make oneself visible; take action:come to the forestep forwardstep upstep to the forecome out
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb