go forth

Leave and proceed

Go forth means to leave a place and venture outward, often with purpose or mission.

The phrase carries biblical or formal overtones: Go forth and multiply, The knights went forth to battle.

It suggests setting out into the world rather than simply departing.

In modern use, it's often slightly ceremonial or ironic: Now go forth and conquer that interview.

embark

depart

Leave a place

journey · embark · expedition · quest · voyage · odyssey · pilgrimage · trek · safari · excursion

advance

proceed

Move forward, continue

press on · push ahead · headway · momentum · development · growth · evolution · breakthrough · improvement · expansion

spread

disseminate

Spread information widely

promulgate · proliferate · transmit · diffuse · distribute · scatter · disperse · radiate · emanate · extend

emerge

arise

Come into being

dawn · birth · genesis · inception · beginning · nascent · blossoming · germination · sprouting · rise

exhort

charge

Cost or accusation

dispatch · command · decree · pronounce · proclaim · bless · benediction · blessing · mission · calling

Opposites
direction of movement

go forthretreat

Sanctuary or withdrawal

go back · withdraw · fall back · turn back · recede

action vs. inaction

go forthstay put

Remain in place

remain · stay · hold back · stand still · sit tight

emergence vs. containment

go forthcome back

Return after absence

return · enter · go in · come in · reenter

Family

forthcoming, forth, forthright, forthwith

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G