step forward

present singular third person steps forward · participle present stepping forward · participle past stepped forward · past stepped forward

1. intransitiveto take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification

   Private Johnson, step forward!

2. idiomaticintransitiveto volunteer for something; to offer one's services

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   Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you. Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers! Ambassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman.

   2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel

3. idiomaticintransitiveto admit one's wrongdoing, to own up