"step forward" meaning in English

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      "form": "stepping forward",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "stepped forward",
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        "past"
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      "form": "stepped forward",
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          "text": "Private Johnson, step forward!",
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        "to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification"
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          "forward",
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        "(intransitive) to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification"
      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:",
          "text": "Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.\nAmbassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers!\nAmbassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman.",
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        "to volunteer for something; to offer one's services"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to volunteer for something; to offer one's services"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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          "english": "to volunteer",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to volunteer",
          "word": "ilmoittautua vapaaehtoiseksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 82 8",
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          "english": "to offer one's services",
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          "sense": "to volunteer",
          "word": "tarjota palveluksiaan"
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      "glosses": [
        "to admit one's wrongdoing, to own up"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to admit one's wrongdoing, to own up"
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          "sense": "to admit wrongdoing",
          "word": "tunnustaa"
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      "form": "steps forward",
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        "present",
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        "to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification"
      ],
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          "forward",
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        "(intransitive) to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification"
      ],
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          "text": "Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.\nAmbassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers!\nAmbassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman.",
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        }
      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to volunteer for something; to offer one's services"
      ],
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        "to admit one's wrongdoing, to own up"
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          "admit"
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          "own up",
          "own up"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to admit one's wrongdoing, to own up"
      ],
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      "word": "ilmoittautua vapaaehtoiseksi"
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    },
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      "word": "tunnustaa"
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