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Come to the fore   /kəm tu ðə fɔr/   Listen
Come to the fore

verb
1.
Make oneself visible; take action.  Synonyms: come forward, come out, step forward, step to the fore, step up.






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"Come to the fore" Quotes from Famous Books



... of education, the provision for which is on a most generous scale, carried out with a determination at which the older countries of the Eastern Hemisphere have only arrived by slow degrees and painful experience. Of course the Americans, being young, and having come to the fore, so to speak, full-fledged, have been able to profit by the lessons which they have derived from their neighbors—though it is none the less to their credit that they have profited so well and so ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 • Various

... 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

... 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

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

... 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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