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step forward

verb
  1. to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification (intransitive) · Private Johnson, step forward!
  2. to volunteer for something; to offer one's services (intransitive)
  3. to admit one's wrongdoing, to own up (intransitive)
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Danglars turned pale; Cavalcanti moved a step forward, and Albert turned towards him.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 885 · C1
The lines of the monkeys swayed forward helplessly, and Baloo and Bagheera took one stiff step forward with them.
The Jungle Book, p. 61 · B2
You put me off, do you?” said our new visitor, taking a step forward and shaking his hunting-crop.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · B2
I took a step forward.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 67 · B2

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