All 4 Uses of
approach
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- When we slowed to a walk at the edge of the schoolyard, Jem was careful to explain that during school hours I was not to bother him, I was not to approach him with requests to enact a chapter of Tarzan and the Ant Men, to embarrass him with references to his private life, or tag along behind him at recess and noon.
p. 20..8 *approach = come near
- ...and when we approached Mrs. Dubose's house my baton was grimy from having picked it up out of the dirt so many times.
p. 136..6approached = got near
- According to Miss Stephanie Crawford, however, Atticus was leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him.
p. 291..2approached = went to
- It was summertime, and two children scampered down the sidewalk toward a man approaching in the distance.
p. 374..0approaching = moving nearer
Definition:
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(approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)