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Definition of Come near
1. Verb. Almost do or experience something. "She came near to screaming with fear"
2. Verb. Move towards. "Sam and Sue come near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
Generic synonyms: Come, Come Up
Related verbs: Approach
Specialized synonyms: Drive Up, Bear Down On, Bear Down Upon, Edge In, Edge Up, Close, Crowd, Push
Entails: Advance, Go On, March On, Move On, Pass On, Progress
Derivative terms: Approach, Approach, Approachable
3. Verb. Come near in time. "Approaching old age"
Generic synonyms: Come, Come Up
Specialized synonyms: Get On
Related verbs: Approach, Come On, Draw Close, Draw Near, Go Up, Near
Derivative terms: Approach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Near
Literary usage of Come near
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Abimelech had not come near her: Ex 14:20.the one came not near the other ...
come near, put your feet upon 2Sa.20:16. come near hither, that I may speak ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"One amongst the rest, that durst not go to Church, or come near the Rhine, for
fear to make away himself, because then he was most especially tempted. ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... be our masters and our tyrants, let them never come near the land of St.
Domingo; if they come hither they will only meet with chains and deportation. ..."
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