come forward
Offer your testimony
Come forward is to step up and make yourself known, especially to offer help, information, or testimony.
The phrase implies overcoming hesitation or anonymity: Several witnesses came forward after the appeal.
It often appears in contexts involving authorities seeking public assistance: Police urged anyone with information to come forward.
Move or progress forward
- proceedMove forward, continue
- emergeCome out into view
- appearBecome perceptible to sight
- arriveReach a destination
draw near · introduce · greet · meet · engage · encounter · enter
Confess or grant entry
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- own upAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
- discloseReveal hidden information
- guiltMoral self-reproach
truth · confession · remorse · acknowledge · reveal · unburden · culpability · incriminate
Proposal to provide
- step upIncrease or advance
- helpAssistance given
- assistTo give support
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
participate · contribute · engage · willing · ready · available · service · aid
advance
Move or progress forward
arrive · draw near · introduce · greet · meet · engage · encounter · enter
admit
Confess or grant entry
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- own upAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
- discloseReveal hidden information
guilt · truth · confession · remorse · acknowledge · reveal · unburden · culpability · incriminate · contrition
offer
Proposal to provide
volunteer · participate · contribute · engage · willing · ready · available · service · aid · support
witness
One who attests
deposition · hearing · trial · court · oath · swear · stand · account · corroborate · identify
bravery
Boldness before danger
daring · nerve · guts · pluck · mettle · resolve · fortitude · speak up · stand up · backbone
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- tent revivaltent revival, camp meeting, altar call, altar calls, evangelist
- revivalismrevivals, revivalism, revivalist, revivalists, camp meeting
come forwardremain silent
keep quiet · hide · keep mum · hold back · hold one's tongue
come, forward, coming, came, forwards, forwarded, forwarding, forwardness, cometh