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draw near
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  draw near - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"approach, near, come near, come on, draw close, go upcome, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"come near, approach - come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"drive up - approach while driving; "The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house"bear down on, bear down upon - sail towards another vessel, of a shipedge in, edge up - push one's way into (a space)close - draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"crowd, push - approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty" |
Translationsdraw near
draw near1. To get close to someone or something, either literally or figuratively. You need to draw near to your family in this time of tragedy. Come on, draw near to the wall so you can see exactly where to put in the nail.2. To approach or come closer. This usage is typically used to describe the passage of time. As the time to process into the church drew near, the students quieted down and lined up in alphabetical order.See also: draw, neardraw near 1. and draw near (to someone or something ) Lit. to come near to someone or something. Draw near to me, and let me look at you. Draw near to the table and look at this. 2. Fig. [for a particular time] to approach. The time to depart is drawing near. As the time for her speech drew near, Ann became more and more nervous.See also: draw, neardraw near
Related to draw near: draw close, draw a line, draw out, draw up, drawn fromSynonyms for draw nearverb move towardsSynonyms- approach
- near
- come near
- come on
- draw close
- go up
Related Words- come
- come up
- come near
- approach
- drive up
- bear down on
- bear down upon
- edge in
- edge up
- close
- crowd
- push
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