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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: FORE2

fore

1 noun
     
fore1

to the fore

to or in a position of importance or influence:
Environmental issues came to the fore in the 1980s.
The case brought to the fore a lot of racial tensions.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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