come forward

present singular third person comes forward · participle present coming forward · past came forward

1. idiomaticintransitivecriminologyTo offer help or information, especially about a crime.

   I’m coming forward to publicly share my own story in the hope that I can encourage others to do the same and help tear down the wall of silence that perpetuates further abuse.

   2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, forward.