I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crowd surges forward (= moves forward all together )
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Police officers began to lose control and the crowd surged forward.
a forward/backward movement
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waves caused by the forward movement of the boat
a forwarding address (= a new address for sending mail to when you move from your old address )
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They moved without leaving a forwarding address.
a step forward (= an action that makes things better )
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The declaration which we have just signed is a big step forward for both of our nations.
centre forward
fashion forward
forward an email (= send an email you have received to someone else )
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Can you please forward this email on to Chris?
forward planning (= thinking about how to do something before doing it )
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In order to have a reasonable pension in retirement, forward planning is essential.
forward roll
forward slash
forwarding address
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Did she leave a forwarding address ?
forward/redirect sb's mail (= send it to a new address )
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The post office will forward your mail for a limited time.
jump forward
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The new law is a great jump forward for human rights.
leave...forwarding address
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Did she leave a forwarding address ?
look forward to hearing from you (= hope to receive news from you )
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I look forward to hearing from you .
offer/put forward a suggestion
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A few suggestions were put forward.
propose/introduce/put forward a resolution
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The resolution was proposed by the chairman of the committee.
propose/put forward/table a motion (= make a proposal )
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I’d like to propose a motion to move the weekly meetings to Thursdays.
put forward a plan/scheme
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Both parties have put forward plans for political reform.
put forward a proposal/suggestion
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She put forward a compromise proposal.
put forward a reason/explanation
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A variety of reasons have been put forward to explain these changes.
put forward a theory/hypothesis
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Many theories have been put forward as to the building’s original purpose.
put forward a view
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We should encourage individuals to put forward their views.
put forward an argument
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He rejected the arguments put forward by the company’s lawyers.
put forward an idea
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In 1829 he put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting.
put forward/submit a proposal
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They put forward a proposal for a joint research project.
put sb/sth forward as a candidate (= suggest someone for election )
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He allowed his name to be put forward as a candidate for governor.
put your watch forward (= make it show a later time )
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The passengers were reminded to put their watches forward three hours.
suggest/put forward a solution
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The chairman put forward a possible solution.
the best way forward (= the best way to make progress or deal with a problem )
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We believe that a merger is the best way forward for the business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
bend
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They ordered the young women to remove their upper garments and then to bend forward until their foreheads touched the cold sand.
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A firm, but gentle, pressure of his fingertips urged her to bend forward .
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She bends forward from the waist.
bring
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The publication date of the Bennett Report was brought forward .
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Remanfing accounts-generally, the balance sheet accounts-are then balanced, and the balance is brought forward to begin the new year.
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Some of these statutes were brought forward , like the better known acts of state, by the Crown.
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Proposals for policy on this issue will be brought forward in the near future.
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Further opt-out votes for other schools may soon be brought forward to delay the plans more.
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Then she discovered she was pregnant and the big day was brought forward .
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The Minister intends to bring forward amending regulations in the autumn.
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The international news and financial information agency said it was bringing forward to April 5 the 15.9p per share payout.
carry
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Unrelieved losses may also be carried forward and, subject to certain restrictions, set against future profits.
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Net losses from prior years may be carried forward . 5.
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Defence is now allowed to carry forward a percentage of its vote into the next financial year.
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How he was carried forward by the glide.
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It is also possible to carry forward unused relief.
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A few could have been carried forward by accident.
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Lateness is strictly monitored over rolling 20-day periods, while unauthorised absence is carried forward over three months.
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The girl was put under intense pressure from prosecutors to carry forward her accusation.
come
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And as police step up their investigation, they're appealing for anyone with any information to come forward .
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He had been startled to see so many people come forward to cooperate with the Communists.
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There was an appeal in the papers here, I know, for Madame V to come forward .
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Thereafter, convinced of the honesty of this policy, Seminoles and exiles readily came forward to emigrate.
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An appeal has now been launched to encourage more donors to come forward - without them some patients will die.
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Following this vote, a procession of legislators came forward to acknowledge their guilt in the affair prior to the list's publication.
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Voice over Police are appealing for any witnesses to the attack to come forward .
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At Ards, doctors have reported an increased number of patients coming forward for treatment for insect bites and stings.
fall
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As we watched, his wig fell forward over his nose and landed on the table in front of him.
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Delphine fell forward in bawdy laughter.
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He beamed again as Ali, practically choking on his own saliva, fell forward into a group of pupils.
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He cupped one in his palm and she fell forward and put her tongue in his mouth.
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When you fall forward , fully conscious or not, you put out your hands to break your fall.
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Her hair fell forward into the frying steak and potatoes; she brushed her hair back with a fat-coated hand.
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I was off-balance, falling forward , lurching with giant strides, certain that the next step would end in a nosedive.
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Golden flowers danced before his eyes as he fell forward , his face banging the brick floor.
go
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George stepped back smartly on top of Samuel, who was still going forward .
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He must go forward on faith, not feeling.
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His hand went forward as he spoke.
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Smolan maintains he fully intended to go forward with a book from the time he and Negroponte began discussing it.
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The whole point was that the front was where they went forward from.
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The country faces a pivotal presidential election in June in which the choice is quite simply to go forward or regress.
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Our First Rosette After a few minutes work on both reins Skipper was going forward , with his brain between his ears.
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You have to go forward in order to go back, because after z, y, x, who knows?
lean
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Then she leant forward - they were almost the same height - and caressed his cheek with her lips.
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Steph and Joe are perched on their seats, leaning forward , alternately yelling plays and screaming at the officials.
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Mrs Crump cried to herself, leaning forward now on a Pisan scale.
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Converse ordered a Scotch and water, leaning forward in order to keep the length of the lobby in his scan.
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He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders.
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In a traffic jam, avoid leaning forward with your head.
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And he was leaning forward on his chair, his hands clasped together.
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She leans forward and she kisses him.
leap
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Uttering a cry of disgust, Dauntless leapt forward and dragged Cleo up by the arm.
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It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.
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Here, there is no conferring, and Jack impulsively leaps forward with raised knife to kill it.
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It was brilliantly sunny, as though summer had leapt forward a few months.
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The horse was made to foil her every move, leaping forward as she moved quickly and turning her away.
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Some parents leap forward eagerly and some must be dragged to the battle lines.
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For one moment he looked as if he was raising his hands in surrender, then he leapt forward .
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The jeep dug dirt as it leapt forward .
look
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Staff there were looking forward to the event until they realised that the Princess regularly went fox hunting.
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At home Lucky is looking forward to once again playing Superman and capturing bad guys.
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I looked forward to doing this for a while, actually.
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Writing of many types may assist a reader who looks forward to an encounter with a work of art.
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I look forward to it, also.
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In general, we look forward to the recommendations of the review body.
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I've been looking forward to seeing you so much.
lunge
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William; masked, clad in white, grasping his sabre and suddenly lunging forward , one leg darting ahead.
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She lunges forward , trying to clear a way for herself.
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Suddenly, before she knew what was happening, he lunged forward and caught her wrist.
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When he lunged forward , she was taken aback.
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Suddenly the Trunchbull lunged forward and grabbed the large empty china platter on which the cake had rested.
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With a resounding cheer, the Infantry lunged forward .
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Reaching the car, Vitor lunged forward to release the young man and lift him free, but the chassis had twisted.
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He lunged forward , grabbing at T'ai Cho's arm, dragging him back.
lurch
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The chassis lurched forward and then back sharply, knocking the four passengers off balance.
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I fell, picked myself up, lurched forward another yard or two, then fell again.
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He lurched forward and groped his way up the staircase, gasping and retching in the stale air.
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On our left, Sherman and Daisy kept lagging back and then lurching forward , sometimes beside and sometimes behind us.
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He lurched forward involuntarily through the entrance, and almost fell at the feet of the chief.
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Bright flash in the sky, the way the aircraft lurched forward like a car Jolted in heavy traffic.
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I lurched forward and later couldn't recall any part of my journey to the office.
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And then, with the sun on her, she lurched forward as a shot rang out from below.
move
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We move forward only as rapidly as our successes permit, and progress often does not seem rapid enough.
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They moved forward because there seemed to be no competition in the distribution business.
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As they move forward , Tepilit, without warning, hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away.
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Okay: the thing to do was to move forward .
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He had undertaken that morning to attack and he should move forward , wherever he was.
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The toxic substances department must approve it and hammer out a legal agreement with the group before moving forward .
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How has Trondheim managed to move forward with so little bitterness?
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The proposal has been held up in committee, but may now move forward if Brown decides to back it.
push
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These programmes need to question and push forward the agenda of the news programmes.
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But we kept pushing forward and we fought fair and we tried not to be petty.
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Lawrence pushed forward to another interior office, knocked and pushed the door open.
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These people endure decades of horror, and they set their shoulders and push forward .
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When they did push forward they were punished.
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Undaunted he would retreat, threading the twine between his fingers and thumb, before blindly pushing forward in a new direction.
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Duregar pushed forward , pinning his hopes on breaking through the East Gate.
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Within those polished walls Church pushed forward his concept of a public park at Niagara.
put
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This week Mr Yeltsin put forward his own tough option.
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This raises the question of why measures of deprivation are being put forward instead of morbidity measures.
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Many proposals have been put forward over more than 100 years.
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This is put forward as an alternative basis on which the transfer should be held to be void.
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The general tone was to follow the case put forward by Maxse and the Chestertons.
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But no justification is put forward for the selection of subjects.
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I do not myself think that this alternative is correct, but it would be worth putting forward in court.
sit
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Large curls stacked high on the crown for maximum effect Sweetly sophisticated small top knot sits forward from the crown.
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The other captain, assigned to aviation-liaison duty with Grunt Six, sat forward on the floor with his back to us.
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Ashley sat forward and picked up her glass of wine.
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Shane sat forward in his seat as the videotape rolled the photographs of the dead.
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He sat forward , squinting through a blood haze at what looked no more than a child.
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She puts down her tub of popcorn and sits forward .
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The millionaire sat forward in his chair to show his concern, rubbing one hand across the other in his lap.
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I sat forward on the suitcase, straining to catch a glimpse of the stage.
step
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He stepped forward , then stopped uselessly.
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Some tournaments he lost because, some say, no one stepped forward and performed the Heimlich maneuver.
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Suddenly the skinny preacher stepped forward .
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Karen was tapped for the Address, stepped forward , and said it perfectly.
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They stepped forward , and his muscles stiffened until they felt like bone.
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Louise saw him miss the beat, and she seized the moment, stepping forward .
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If he stepped forward he might see, but he felt as if something was waiting for him to move.
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They stepped forward , and raised Chant by his broken arms.
surge
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The tractor surged forward , into the dimness.
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Cheering and flourishing their battle flags, the Federals in both quarters surged forward .
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They surged forward around the prostrate figure on the ground and then shrank back.
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There was shouting, and it seemed as if the crowd might surge forward and overwhelm the Archbishop and his priests.
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The catamaran surged forward under the added power of the big sail.
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With a heave the car surged forward , Firebug rolling back into the seat.
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There was a short gap between the cars sprinting out from Boundary Hall, he gunned his engine and surged forward .
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In the past, great crises have created great opportunities and civilizations have surged forward with new vitality.
walk
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Then he and Massingham walked forward .
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He walked forward a few feet, gravel crunching under his shoes.
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Jennie told Katharine to keep pushing with her inside leg and holding him with the outside rein to stop him walking forward .
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Clambering up on to the cabin roof, I walked forward to adjust the rope.
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Where the road levels out she turns around, walking forward until it rises again.
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This wheel was worked by a man getting inside and walking forward rapidly.
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I walked forward to meet her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
know sth backwards and forwards
a/the way forward
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Does my hon. Friend agree that the way forward is signposted to other improvements in the health service?
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Finally, as an indication of the way forward we must mention the hybrid approach.
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In the spring of 1950 decisions were reached in Washington that at last pointed the way forward towards a peace treaty.
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Parliamentary Secretary David Curry says the way forward is the way charted by Primestock.
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So what is the way forward?
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That, surely, must be the way forward.
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The authors insist that collective not market solutions are the way forward.
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The Conservatives have begun to show the way forward.
backwards and forwards
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He started shaking it backwards and forwards.
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It didn't exactly touch my hand, but sort of glided over it, wrinkling backwards and forwards.
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Keith throws his right shoulder backwards and forwards, hoping the pads will somehow slide into place.
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Pike's head quite often pulses backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
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The cross is meant to be imagined as oscillating backwards and forwards.
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The irregular echo of footsteps passed backwards and forwards along the corridor outside.
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Then we noticed that the Pike head was sort of pulsing backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
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They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.
bring forward legislation/plans/policies etc
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Following assessment of the responses to our discussion paper, we will bring forward legislation to achieve this.
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Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke wants to bring forward plans to change the law in the new year.
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It will bring forward legislation in the coming parliamentary session to introduce student loans, partially replacing grants, from autumn 1990.
going forward
launch yourself forwards/up/from etc
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With a sari Psepha unfolded his great wings and launched himself from his tree.
put a clock/watch forward
put the clock(s) back/forward
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Anyway, even if one wanted to, one couldn't put the clock back to an earlier age.
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I can't put the clock back.
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They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse.
the clocks go back/forward
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I, like many other riders, am eagerly awaiting the clocks going forward.
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Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour.
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When the clocks go back in late October it will be dark by five o'clock in the afternoon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bill took two steps forward and shook Mark's hand.
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Can we sit a little further forward ? I can't see from here.
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Frank's fair hair fell forward into his eyes in a very attractive way.
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Greg leaned forward to hear what they were saying.
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I pushed my way forwards to the front of the crowd in order to get a better view.
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Mr Hoffman stepped forward to collect his prize.
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Negotiators are trying to find a way forward in the peace talks.
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She had her back towards me, her head bent forwards over a book.
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She leaned forward and whispered ""I love you'' in his ear.
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Sit facing forward with your legs straight out in front of you.
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The truck was moving forwards into the road.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As divided and unprepared democratic forces fumbled for a plan of action, demagogues would rush forward convincingly promising protection.
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Despite this, there was no shortage of people coming forward for teacher training.
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In general, we look forward to the recommendations of the review body.
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No party in the Federal Assembly put a candidate forward , forcing postponement of the voting until Sept. 24.
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Sharpe stepped a pace forward to look down at the map.
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The dachshund skidded forward a few inches on the sidewalk.
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We're looking forward to the next issue, reminding us of home.
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You will never think you can survive, when suddenly you are back out in the bright sunshine, racing forward .
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
line
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The round peg in a square forward line .
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Burr was one of several offseason acquisitions meant to bolster the forward line with better two-way players.
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There was an urgency about United's forward line yesterday, in the knowledge that Cantona was sitting on the bench.
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I've got an international forward line and I have to leave some one out.
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He had, however, concentrated entirely on improving his forward line , neglecting a shaky defence.
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Against the most potent forward line in the country, what had been a shambles became a solid spine.
motion
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The melodious sound and the forward motion ceased, and he was floating in a hazy limbo of silence, listening intently.
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The train staggers into forward motion , then settles into a slow, heavy glide of about five miles per hour.
movement
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Few games have been played in such restricted space yet provided so much furious forward movement and pace.
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No forward movement was made that day.
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Therefore, the forward movement at the top of the orbit is greater than the reverse movement at the bottom.
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Though these goals sometimes had the effect of emphasizing quantity over quality, they resulted in substantial forward movement .
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First of all, some forward cyclic is needed to initiate the forward movement .
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The bus jolts into slow forward movement , and Grace guides Allen unsteadily back on to his seat.
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One should not get carried away with forward movement .
pass
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McClair clearly on the same wavelength, swept on to a perfect forward pass and shot narrowly wide.
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And even then it was a forward pass to him.
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Early starts and early finishes are arrived at by a forward pass through the network.
plan
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No new equity was issued in 1992 to fund operations, and neither is any assumed in our forward plans .
planning
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A bit of forward planning would have ensured a sum was put aside in the budget.
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In each of the schools, the library was clearly still high on the agenda for forward planning and review.
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Findings relate to expenditure, degree of forward planning , objectives, workforce attitudes, management awareness and use of consultancies.
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The message which emerges is clearly one of forward planning to avoid any undesirable over-involvement in management decisions.
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It is often said that chess helps broaden the mind, promoting logical thought and forward planning .
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A new system for forward planning in Britain was established in 1972.
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Leading the directorate and advising the honourary officers and committees on policy and forward planning is part of the role.
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Clearly some forward planning in 1992 would have given him the opportunity to organise his affairs and avoid many of his problems.
position
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She took a step nearer, and her ears moved into the forward position .
speed
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The advanced automatic gearbox available on 1.4-litre models is superior to most cars in its class in offering four forward speeds .
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This trim offset is virtually constant and is not very dependent on forward speed .
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Low regime is for reverse and forward speeds up to the equivalent of second gear.
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For one thing, they will limit the forward speed which can be developed.
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All 36 forward speeds can also be used in reverse, too.
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The answer to this one is more forward speed which means more power or a cleaner model.
step
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Miriam could feel her courage ebbing with each forward step .
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Within the denominational sector this renewed emphasis was considered to be an excellent forward step .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Army roadblocks prevented any further forward movement.
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Kirstie did not wish to sound too forward .
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Troops were moved to a forward position on the battlefield.
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We got a forward cabin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A weakness is that it is not completely forward looking.
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The message which emerges is clearly one of forward planning to avoid any undesirable over-involvement in management decisions.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
letter
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Junell forwarded the letters to the district attorney's office, which convened a grand jury to investigate.
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Without this change, he said, he felt unable to forward her letter .
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He said McGann forwarded the letter , along with a corroborating letter from Alarcon and other documents, to the Vatican.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
know sth backwards and forwards
a/the way forward
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Does my hon. Friend agree that the way forward is signposted to other improvements in the health service?
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Finally, as an indication of the way forward we must mention the hybrid approach.
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In the spring of 1950 decisions were reached in Washington that at last pointed the way forward towards a peace treaty.
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Parliamentary Secretary David Curry says the way forward is the way charted by Primestock.
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So what is the way forward?
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That, surely, must be the way forward.
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The authors insist that collective not market solutions are the way forward.
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The Conservatives have begun to show the way forward.
backwards and forwards
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He started shaking it backwards and forwards.
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It didn't exactly touch my hand, but sort of glided over it, wrinkling backwards and forwards.
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Keith throws his right shoulder backwards and forwards, hoping the pads will somehow slide into place.
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Pike's head quite often pulses backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
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The cross is meant to be imagined as oscillating backwards and forwards.
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The irregular echo of footsteps passed backwards and forwards along the corridor outside.
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Then we noticed that the Pike head was sort of pulsing backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
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They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.
put the clock(s) back/forward
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Anyway, even if one wanted to, one couldn't put the clock back to an earlier age.
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I can't put the clock back.
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They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse.
the clocks go back/forward
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I, like many other riders, am eagerly awaiting the clocks going forward.
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Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour.
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When the clocks go back in late October it will be dark by five o'clock in the afternoon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After the report had been translated, it was forwarded to Admiral Turner.
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Could you forward me her email, and I'll get back to her.
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I asked the landlord to forward all my mail, but he didn't.
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You can use an anonymous e-mail service that forwards your messages but removes the address.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alternatively, you could forward the message as an attachment.
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Examination results and progress reports must be forwarded to Sylvia Middlemiss.
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In most places, state health departments collect that data, and then forward the information to city health departments.
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It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992.
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Yet more listeners' letters being forwarded to her.
IV. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An experienced forward is needed, otherwise Aberdeen will not be troubling the scorers regularly.
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However, as I had promised attacking football, I named them all as forwards.
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They really do have too many big forwards and not enough small forwards, centers and shooters.
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We've got a lot of people in the backs and forwards who can take on the strike role.