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Come near   /kəm nɪr/   Listen
Come near

verb
1.
Almost do or experience something.
2.
Move towards.  Synonyms: approach, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near.  "They are drawing near" , "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
3.
Come near in time.  Synonym: approach.  "Approaching old age"






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"Come near" Quotes from Famous Books



... where a Lion dwelt. Over all the beasts of the forest the Lion lorded it, and of men not one durst come near the place for fear of King Lion; none, that is, except one only, a Woodman who lived in a little hut just upon the borders of the woodland; and between the forest and the hut a river flowed. This Woodman came often into the forest, to cut wood; and he had no ...
— The Talking Thrush - and Other Tales from India • William Crooke

... me her fine dark eyes, in which the light of fever painfully burned, and motioned me to come near her. I sat down by her, and took her ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... fort, and warn the commanding officer of his danger. At the same time a messenger was sent to Attakullakulla desiring him to inform the Cherokees that Fort George was impregnable, having vast quantities of powder buried under ground every where around it, to blow up all enemies that should attempt to come near it. Presents of considerable value were sent to redeem the prisoners at Fort Loudon, a few of whom had by this time made their escape; and afterwards not only those that were confined among the towns in the valley, but also all that had survived the hardships of hunger, disease and captivity in ...
— An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 2 • Alexander Hewatt

... come near to the old woman again. As she dropped quietly on her knees Aunt Alviry gathered her head close to her bosom; but Ruth did not weep any ...
— Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill • Alice B. Emerson

... seemed to Ice-Heart's unhappy parents to hint at some shadowy hope. The sight of tears was evidently disagreeable to her. More certainly than anything else did the signs of weeping arouse one of her rare fits of anger—so much so that now and then, for days together, the poor Queen dared not come near her child, and tears were to her a frequent relief from her ...
— A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others • Various


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