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STEP FORWARD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make oneself visible; take action
Example:
Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
Synonyms:
come forward; come out; come to the fore; step forward; step to the fore; step up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "step forward" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples:
He believes the strategy represents a major step forward in the quest to develop disease resistance in long-generational plants such as trees.
(New way to identify disease-resistant genes in chocolate-producing trees, National Science Foundation)
It was necessary for him to step forward, too, and assist the introduction, and with many awkward sensations he did his best.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Let the party immediately step forward.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The Professor took a step forward and raised both his hands.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery in plants.
(Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel, University of Cambridge)
The mission also will let us take a giant step forward in our understanding of how giant planets form and the role these titans played in putting together the rest of the solar system.
(Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter, NASA)
Yet, as there are many of us, and as the service may not be to the liking of all, I pray that those will step forward from the ranks who have the will to follow me.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Beth took a step forward, and pressed her hands tightly together to keep from clapping them, for this was an irresistible temptation, and the thought of practicing on that splendid instrument quite took her breath away.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Your plight was better than mine, Sir Cuthbert,” said a voice from behind us, and a large man in the full uniform of a post-captain took a step forward to include himself in our circle.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Efforts to tackle snakebite — a recent addition to the WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) — will take a step forward this month with a resolution set to be approved at the World Health Assembly.
(Snakebite resolution set for Health Assembly approval, SciDev.Net)
