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I know that you can say that “a crowd surged forward.” However, can you say that “I surged forward”? Can the verb “surge” be used in reference to a single person?

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Yes, surge can be used to refer to a single person to indicate a fast movement forward:

  • [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly and with force in a particular direction:

    • The gates opened and the crowd surged forward.
    • Flood waters surged into their homes.
    • He surged past the other runners on the last lap.

Oxford Learners' Dictionary

Usage example from Nebula Award Showcase:.

  • ...was descending now in maddeningly slow motion, but as soon as I was down, Cassandra still clinging hard to me, I surged forward a couple of paces then leapt up again. This time, there was nothing but unrelenting bulkhead overhead, and ...

Ngram: I surged forward

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