step forward

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Verb

step forward (third-person singular simple present steps forward, present participle stepping forward, simple past and past participle stepped forward)

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

   Private Johnson, step forward!

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) to volunteer for something; to offer one's services
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:

     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.

3. (intransitive, idiomatic) to admit one's wrongdoing, to own up

Translations

to volunteer

• Finnish: ilmoittautua vapaaehtoiseksi (to volunteer); tarjota palveluksiaan (to offer one's services)

to admit wrongdoing

• Finnish: tunnustaa (fi)