WordNet
v. almost do or experience something; "She came near to screaming with fear"
move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close]
come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" [syn: approach]
Usage examples of "come near".
Other times they have come near, but they never stayed for any length of time.
Domaris sent messages and gifts nearly every day, in fact, but Domaris herself did not come near her, though Deoris cried and begged for her for days during her delirium.
Sometimes on account of great famine, when stags and other beasts have come near to men.
By the splendor of God, no hand shall come near them except it belong to one of the faithful.
He who fears and hates religion is like the savage beast that growls and bites the chain which prevents his flying on those who come near him.
He had come near enough for her to smell the acrid sweat that had seeped through his skin.
It was in those earliest days, if ever, that he had come near loving her.
Well, at the rate of two hundred and forty miles every twelve hours, which does not come near the rapidity of our railroad trains, by travelling day and night, it would take only seven days to cross Africa!
I just left your sergeant at the top of the hill so spooked he wouldn't come near it a second time.