What does step to the fore mean?

step to the fore means "make oneself visible; take action".

What is another word for step to the fore?

Close synonyms include come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, 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 to the fore a common word?

step to the fore 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 to the fore — meaning and 5 synonyms

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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 step forward come forward step up come out
Broaderact

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