lead forth

lead forth

1. old-fashioned To proceed in front of someone or a group as a guide or leader. As he was the only one with any training for such conditions, Tom was chosen to lead forth. Jenny led forth into the dark swamp, with the others following nervously behind.
2. old-fashioned To guide, direct, or lead someone or a group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "lead" and "forth." The commander of the army led forth the political prisoners into the town square for their public execution. The soldiers in her squadron trusted her to lead them forth into any battle.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lead someone or something forth

to bring or usher someone or something forward. The captain led the soldiers forth to the parade ground. They led forth the army into battle.
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lead forth

[for someone] to go on ahead; to precede someone. You lead forth, and I will follow. Wallace led forth, but no one came after him.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • in the train of (someone)
  • a stuffed shirt
  • Astor
  • Mrs. Astor's pet horse
  • Mrs. Astor's plush horse
  • pet
  • fashion
  • an old fogey/fogy
  • scrape acquaintance with (someone)
References in classic literature
Goe MICHAEL of Celestial Armies Prince, And thou in Military prowess next GABRIEL, lead forth to Battel these my Sons Invincible, lead forth my armed Saints By Thousands and by Millions rang'd for fight; Equal in number to that Godless crew Rebellious, them with Fire and hostile Arms Fearless assault, and to the brow of Heav'n Pursuing drive them out from God and bliss, Into thir place of punishment, the Gulf Of TARTARUS, which ready opens wide His fiery CHAOS to receave thir fall.
Hawkeye waited until a signal from the listening Chingachgook assured him that every sound from the retiring party was completely swallowed by the distance, when he motioned to Heyward to lead forth the horses, and to assist the sisters into their saddles.
Ishmael prudently yielded to an impulse he could not resist, and in a few minutes the woman appeared, shouldering her arms, prepared to lead forth, in person, such of her descendants as chose to follow.
I did but refresh myself after the fatigue of the action, with the unbeliever, with one humming cup of sack, and was proceeding to lead forth my captive, when, crash after crash, as with wild thunder-dint and levin-fire, down toppled the masonry of an outer tower, (marry beshrew their hands that built it not the firmer!) and blocked up the passage.
The word "education" comes from a Latin word meaning "to lead forth." If you think about it, "forth" is a value-laden term.
Another group of scholars say the word came from 'educere', which means 'to lead forth' or 'to come out'.
Educere means "to lead forth" or "to lead out." I appropriate this as the definition of education.
The very word education, in fact, derives from the Latin root educare--originally meaning "to lead forth" or "bring out from"--which suggests education is not a forcing in of knowledge or any systematic accumulation of facts but rather a bringing forth of what is already present in the learner, a nurturing of potential.
The fact that it was St George's Day, and a member of the audience asked the panel if it should be made an official English national holiday, gave him the perfect opening to lead forth, in a derogatory fashion, about the various countries which combined, make up the UK..
In his dream, a tall man, terrible in his beauty, appeared, and asked: "Hast thou then changed thy mind, Persian, and wilt thou not lead forth thy host against the Greeks?" Waking, the king shuddered.
The meaning of the Latin word "educere" (to educate) is literally "to lead forth." However, in general, many people do not have an adequate perception of the risks and their potential implications.