step forward

verb

stepped forward; stepping forward; steps forward
: to give or offer help, information, etc.
A witness stepped forward to identify the robber.

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This would be a step forward in supporting the people who, by some estimates, save the government more than a billion dollars each year by providing unpaid care for our vulnerable elders. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 Look for returnees Jalen Todd, Taylor Davis and Austin Alexander to take a step forward while transfer Corey Gordon is a big addition to the room. — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026 While James is still one of the best players in the league, the roster is likely best served by him taking a step forward as a playmaker and step back as a scorer. — Tony Jones, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026 AltaVista in particular represented a major step forward, combining a fast crawler with scalable indexing software, and was already handling millions of HTTP requests per day shortly after launch. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for step forward

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“Step forward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/step%20forward. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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