What does step forward mean?

step forward means "make oneself visible; take action".

What is another word for step forward?

Close synonyms include come to the fore, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is step forward a common word?

step forward is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

step forward — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
make oneself visible; take action
“Young people should step to the fore and help their peers”
Synonymscome to the fore come forward step up step to the fore come out
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