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/kəm tu ðə fɔr/ Listen

Come to the fore

verb

Make oneself visible; take action. Synonyms: come forward, come out, step forward, step to the fore, step up.

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... she needn't be buried for ever in the Bush. Luke tells me that Colin McKeith is certain to come to the fore in politics—I daresay he will be Premier of Leichardt's Land before long. Biddy would like bossing the show and airing her ...

— Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land • Rosa Praed

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... he reflected; "hardly out of childhood. I don't want her to settle into an anxious, drudging state and lose her youth with caring for us all. She shall go; though how we are to manage without her I don't see. Little Clover will have to come to the fore, and show what sort of stuff there ...

— What Katy Did Next • Susan Coolidge

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... noticeable, the alien element of the fishing colony began to experience a feeling of sharp resentment against the new owner of the Legonia cannery and his wild scheme. But again the foremost citizen had come to the fore and quieted their fears, turning them into open contempt and ...

— El Diablo • Brayton Norton

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... general scramble for power and perquisites, by a lot of ragged rascals with empty pockets, who have everything to gain by success, and nothing to lose by failure.—A sort of "rough and tumble" fight, in which those with the easiest consciences, the loudest tongues and the wildest promises, come to the fore, letting "the devil ...

— She and I, Volume 2 - A Love Story. A Life History. • John Conroy Hutcheson

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... delivered with all the authority of superb musicianship and sincerity, one which bade him "go and do likewise," in so far as his limitations permitted. And the many excellent professional chamber music organizations, trios, quartets and ensembles of various kinds which have come to the fore since they began to play offer eloquent testimony with regard to the cultural work of Kneisel and his ...

— Violin Mastery - Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers • Frederick H. Martens

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