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draw near

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Verb1.draw neardraw near - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
come, 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 ship
edge 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"

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She was a being apart, so far apart that he did not know how to draw near to her as a lover should draw near.
They saw her white shape draw near to the spring-cart, on which her box was already placed.
Occasionally she would draw near the candle and read from a yellow paper the recipe of the mess she was concocting.
 
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