Come forward
Come forward verb - Make oneself visible; take action.
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Synonyms for Come forward
Report and come forward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Report" instead a verb "Come forward".
Report
Report verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
Come forward and report are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come forward" instead a verb "Report".
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- A Man Is Always Eager: The wide-spread and culturally ingrained idea that a man is unable to refuse sex can lead to male rape victims being accused of lying when they try to come forward and report their attack.
Source: Television Is Trying to Kill Us - Except during the break-in the cop destroyed another couple's eggs too, but they didn't initially come forward to report the 'loss' for other reasons.
Source: Debate and Switch -
In the episode, a fictional reality TV show, "Hard Focus", calls child rape victims to come forward to report the pedophilic men who abused them.
Source: Series / Law & Order
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