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Then, given this refusal to try to enhance EI payments, eliminate new tax breaks, keep pay equity in place as it is, and so on and so forth -- in other words, actually do things to, y'know, help people -- I think it's quite fair to say that the Liberals also want to make sure that Canadians really suffer through this one.

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  1. adverb Forward in time, place, or order; onward: from this time forth.
  2. adverb Out into view: A stranger came forth from the crowd; put my ideas forth.
  3. adverb Obsolete Away from a specified place; abroad.
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  • The ship I am traveling on has begun to roll back and forth, back and forth--with a long cre-e-e-aking sound in each direction that makes it feel as though the very "bones" of the vessel have been disturbed. —  Omni: January 1995
  • The next day Philip was visited by a party of young noblemen craving entry into his household, and thereafter there could be seen a succession of small craft sailing back and forth from the Spanish flagship. —  TheChildrenof
  • I stand here on this day and put my name forth, as one who aspires to their example, who will daily make that sacrifice, who will honor not just the office, but the people that office serves. —  Shakesville
  • COBRA! put forth, which is to break up Smart Playlists into chunks that you can assemble in different ways. —  Popular Posts Across MetaFilter
  • These are cybernetic legionaries that move back and forth from the Maya-world of cyberspace to the kampongs and urban trenches of Malaysia's realpolitik-al scenes. —  Lim Kit Siang
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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see per1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also foorth; from Middle English forth, from Anglo-Saxon forth (=Old Saxon forth = OFries. forth, ford = Dutch voort = Old High German *ford (not found), Middle High German vort, German fort, later Swedish fort (in comp.) = Danish fort), forth, forward, onward, hence, thence, from fore, for, fore, with termination -th, apparently demonstrative. Hence afford. Cf. further, furthest.
  2. from Middle English forthen, from Anglo-Saxon forthian, forward, advance, promote, from forth, forth, forward: see forth, adv. Cf. forther, now further, v., and afford, orig. aforth.
 

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