All 9 Uses

approach
in
No Easy Day
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The first thing we tried to do was find an alternate way to approach the target.
p. 168.8 *

approach = get near
It was well after midnight as the helicopter approached the dam.†
p. 48.2
We had approached from the south and landed on the building just to the north of our target.†
p. 59.3
I could hear the Bradley's tracks chewing up the asphalt as it approached the house.†
p. 60.7
My team's point man led us through the same gate, and we approached the front door of our building.†
p. 131.9
Our bird will be the first to approach from the southeast and hold station here.†
p. 188.2
Heading toward Cl, Will was next to me as we approached the front door of the guesthouse.†
p. 218.5
My ears strained to hear a round being chambered or the footsteps of someone approaching.†
p. 234.9
Wondering what was going on, a few small groups approached the security team.†
p. 250.1

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.