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Definition
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
- Voices were approaching from outside.p. 61.5
approaching = getting nearer
- Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.p. 9.2
- Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.p. 9.2
- The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder, thud of big hooves on hard ground, drag of brakes and the jingle of trace chains.p. 30.0
- Crooks saw the danger as it approached him.p. 72.3
approached = got nearer
approached = got nearer
approaching = getting nearer
approached = got near
There are no more uses of "approach" in Of Mice and Men.
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