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Come near

verb

Almost do or experience something.

Move towards. Synonyms: approach, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near. "They are drawing near" , "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

Come near in time. Synonym: approach. "Approaching old age"

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"Come near" Quotes from Famous Books

... stand it. I can't get used to it. The light, and the noise, and the talk, hurts me, and I don't know what I am doing. And people stare at me, and I make mistakes, and I'm not fit for it—and—and—I'd rather be dead fifty thousand times than let that man come near me. I hate him, and I'm afraid of him, and I wish I ...

— Esmeralda • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... great boa which inhabits tropical America is a giant, which has been known to swallow even a buffalo whole, after it has crushed it to mummy, and broken all its bones. Boas can swim and climb; they will catch fish as they come near the surface of the water, and drag them ashore; or hang by their tails from some forest tree, and thus lie in wait to seize any animal which may be passing. They are now very shy of men, and not ...

— Twilight And Dawn • Caroline Pridham

... sea-gull; I'll dance on the chimbleys; I'll stan' on the steeple; I'll flop up to winders an' scare the people! I'll light on the libbe'ty-pole, an' crow; An' I'll say to the gawpin' fools below, 'What world's this 'ere That I've come near?' Fer I'll make 'em believe I'm a chap f'm the moon! An' I'll try a race 'ith their ol' bulloon." He crept from his bed; And, seeing the others were gone, he said, I'm a-gittin' over the cold 'n my head." And away he sped, To open the wonderful ...

— Poems Teachers Ask For • Various

... shocking expressions, I'm sure no real gentleman will ever venture to come near you. Really, Miss Grey, you should not ...

— Agnes Grey • Anne Bronte

... the painter is also shown in the way he subordinates the landscape to the figure. He will not allow even a tree to come near the young horseman, but brings his young activity into vivid contrast with the calm peacefulness of ...

— Pictures Every Child Should Know • Dolores Bacon

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