forth : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb continuing in the same way
  etc.; and so on; etcetera.
  

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• and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.

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• . See under And, Back, and From.

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• as far as. Obs. Chaucer.

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• adverb moving from one place to another and back again
  to and fro; backward and forward.
  
  • he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York
  • the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner
  • the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day

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• backwards and forwards; to and fro.

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• verb develop or come to a promising stage
  blossom; unfold; blossom out.
  
  • Youth blossomed into maturity

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• verb represent in bodily form
  embody; substantiate; incarnate.
  
  • He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
  • The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist

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• verb bring into existence
  generate.
  
  • The new manager generated a lot of problems
  • The computer bug generated chaos in the office
  • The computer generated this image
  • The earthquake generated a tsunami
• verb bring out for display
  produce.
  
  • The proud father produced many pictures of his baby
  • The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him
• verb bring forth or yield
  produce.
  
  • The tree would not produce fruit
• verb make children
  engender; sire; get; father; mother; beget; generate.
  
  • Abraham begot Isaac
  • Men often father children but don't recognize them

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• verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
  shoot; bourgeon; sprout; spud; pullulate; germinate.
  
  • the potatoes sprouted

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• verb jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
  sally out; rush out; leap out.
  
  • The attackers leapt out from the bushes
• verb be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
  explode; break loose.
  
  • His anger exploded
• verb come into or as if into flower
  effloresce.
  
  • These manifestations effloresced in the past

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• verb evoke or provoke to appear or occur
  provoke; evoke; kick up.
  
  • Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
• verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call down; evoke; put forward; stir; conjure.
  
  • raise the specter of unemployment
  • he conjured wild birds in the air
  • call down the spirits from the mountain

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• verb come out of
  emerge; egress; issue; come out; come forth.
  
  • Water issued from the hole in the wall
  • The words seemed to come out by themselves
• verb happen or occur as a result of something
  emerge.
  

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• noun a large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River; location of Edinburgh
  

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• out of Obs. Shak.

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• noun a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
  Forth.
  

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• verb give out (breath or an odor)
  exhale; emanate.
  
  • The chimney exhales a thick smoke

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• verb go away from a place
  leave; go away.
  
  • At what time does your train leave?
  • She didn't leave until midnight
  • The ship leaves at midnight
• verb come out of
  emerge; egress; issue; come out; come forth.
  
  • Water issued from the hole in the wall
  • The words seemed to come out by themselves

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• . (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea." Num. xxxiv. 4.

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• verb talk at length and formally about a topic
  discourse; dissertate.
  
  • The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England

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Hold"er-forth` noun

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1. One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

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• verb come forth
  come.
  
  • A scream came from the woman's mouth
  • His breath came hard

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• verb move in one direction and then into the opposite direction
  

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• verb pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
  shed; spill.
  
  • shed tears
  • spill blood
  • God shed His grace on Thee

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• verb set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
  sally out.
  

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• noun a venture off the beaten path
  sally.
  
  • a sally into the wide world beyond his home

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• verb state
  expound; exposit.
  
  • set forth one's reasons
• verb leave
  depart; set off; start out; start; part; set out; take off.
  
  • The family took off for Florida

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• as far; to such a degree. Shak. Bacon.

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• further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See And so forth, under And.

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• verb thrust or extend out
  stretch out; extend; exsert; hold out; put out.
  
  • He held out his hand
  • point a finger
  • extend a hand
  • the bee exserted its sting

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• to attack; to oppose; to kill.

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• to give from or shape to mentally.

  Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown. Shak.

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• to issue; to come out suddenly, as sound, light, etc. "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning." Isa. lviii. 8; often with into in expressing or giving vent to one's feelings. "Break forth into singing, ye mountains." Isa. xliv. 23.

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• . (a) To produce, as young fruit. (b) To bring to light; to make manifest.

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• to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind.

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• to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out.

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• to give out; to publish; to tell. Hayward.

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• . (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.

  The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah iv. 2.

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• to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange.
• to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. "The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach." Locke.

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• . (a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's self; to expatiate. Obs. (b) To lay out (as a corpse). Obs. Shak.

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• . (a) To look out of something, as from a window. (b) To threaten to come out . Jer. vi. 1. (Rev. Ver.).

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• . (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate . "Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth." Bacon. (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. Shak.
• . (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves. (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into action; to exert; as, to put forth strength . (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like . (d) To publish, as a book .

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• . (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear . Waller. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. Obs.

  The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. Knolles.

• to begin a journey.

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• to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.

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• to leap out; to rush out.

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• to move or come forth.

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