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come forward

come forward verb: to offer help or information, especially about a crime.

Verb

come forward (third-person singular simple present comes forward, present participle coming forward, simple past came forward, past participle come forward)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To offer help or information, especially about a crime.
    • 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.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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, forward.

come forward meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

come forward in Malayalam

volunteer, offer one's services, make oneself available
സഹായിക്കാൻ സന്നദ്ധത പ്രകടമാക്കുക, സ്വേച്ഛാസേവനം നല്കുക, സ്വമേധയാ അർപ്പിക്കുക, സ്വയം മുന്നോട്ടുവരുക, സന്നദ്ധസേവനത്തിനു തയ്യാറാകുക, സേവനം നടത്തുക

come forward in Kannada

ಮುಂದಾಗು, ಮುಂದೆಬರು, ಸಹಾಯದ ಕೈಚಾಚು, ಸಹಾಯ ಹಸ್ತವನ್ನು ನೀಡು

Forms of come forward

third-person singular presentcomes forward
present participlecoming forward
pastcame forward
past participlecome forward

Questions about come forward

What does come forward mean?
Come forward means to offer help or information, especially about a crime.
What is come forward in Malayalam?
Come forward in Malayalam is സഹായിക്കാൻ സന്നദ്ധത പ്രകടമാക്കുക, സ്വേച്ഛാസേവനം നല്കുക, സ്വമേധയാ അർപ്പിക്കുക. See Come forward meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is come forward?
Come forward is a verb.
What is the past tense of come forward?
The past tense of come forward is came forward.

Words near come forward in the dictionary

  1. come down with the dust
  2. come ed
  3. come first
  4. come for
  5. come forth
  6. come forward
  7. come from
  8. come from a Cracker Jack box
  9. come from a good place
  10. come from behind
  11. come from below

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: come forward (page history and authors); come forward (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); come forward (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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