"come forward" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "I’m coming forward to publicly share my own story in the hope that I can encourage others to do the same and help tear down the wall of silence that perpetuates further abuse.",
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        "To offer help or information, especially about a crime."
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          "criminology",
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        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
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          "help",
          "help"
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          "information",
          "information"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic, law, criminology) To offer help or information, especially about a crime."
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        "intransitive"
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        "human-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, forward."
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          "come",
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          "forward",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "come forward",
          "word": "astua esiin"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "come forward",
          "word": "előjön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "come forward",
          "word": "jelentkezik"
        }
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        "criminology",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "come forward",
      "word": "astua esiin"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come forward",
      "word": "előjön"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come forward",
      "word": "jelentkezik"
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