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come to the fore ThesaurusVerb | 1.come to the fore - make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"come forward, step forward, step to the fore, step up, come outact, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
come to the fore
come to the foreTo be emphasized or made more noticeable. This argument needs to come to the fore when you rewrite your paper. Questions of corruption came to the fore after the auditors found discrepancies in the yearly budget report.See also: come, forecome to the foreFig. to become prominent; to become important. The question of salary has now come to the fore. Since his great successes as a prosecutor, he has really come to the fore in city politics.See also: come, forebe/come to the ˈfore (British English) (American English be at the ˈfore) be or become important and noticed by people; play an important part: She came very much to the fore in the area during the local campaign against the new bypass. Fore means ‘front’.See also: come, forecome to the fore
Synonyms for come to the foreverb make oneself visibleSynonyms- come forward
- step forward
- step to the fore
- step up
- come out
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