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Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEOne adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINISo strained became the relations between them, that for the last part of the advance they no longer met at meals.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThe rebels wished to advance from Lutao, but were kept back by the fire from the gunboat Maria Cristina.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANOne, a man of distinguished looks and military bearing, was a little in advance of the other two.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNTo advance in such circumstances was out of the question, he therefore set about building a miniature hut of snow.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEPerhaps his almost perfectly spontaneous love of tiny flowers is already a considerable advance on his so-called prototype.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIn 1884 she once more yielded to the attraction that Paris had for her, and there made a great advance in her painting.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTIf he does not inhibit or exclude from his mind the word “Petition” he can make no advance.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)On the evening of September 17th he sent away his advance guard of two thousand men in eighty small boats.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO ADVANCE
- advance
- approximate
- be comparable to
- be like
- bear
- belly up to
- border
- buzz
- catch up
- close in
- come
- come at
- come close
- compare with
- contact
- converge
- correspond to
- creep up
- draw near
- equal
- gain on
- go toward
- impend
- loom up
- match
- meet
- move in on
- move toward
- near
- progress
- reach
- resemble
- surround
- take after
- threaten
- verge upon
- advances
- approximates
- bears
- bellies up to
- borders
- buzzes
- catches up
- close in
- comes
- comes at
- comes close
- compares with
- contacts
- converges
- corresponds to
- creeps up
- draws near
- equals
- gain on
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- is like
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- matches
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- advancing
- affirming
- alleging
- arguing
- attesting
- averring
- avouching
- avowing
- butt in
- citing
- claiming
- contending
- defending
- horning in
- justifying
- mouth off
- popping off
- predicating
- pressing
- proclaiming
- professing
- pronouncing
- protesting
- putting forward
- saying
- shooting off one's mouth
- shooting one's wad
- standing up for
- stating
- stressing
- swearing
- upholding
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- pops off
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- professes
- pronounces
- protests
- puts forward
- says
- shoots off one's mouth
- shoots one's wad
- stands up for
- states
- stresses
- swears
- upholds
- vindicates
- warrants
- advance
- aggression
- assailing
- assailment
- barrage
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- charge
- defilement
- dirty deed
- drive
- encounter
- encroachment
- foray
- incursion
- initiative
- inroad
- intervention
- intrusion
- invasion
- irruption
- mugging
- offense
- offensive
- onrush
- onset
- onslaught
- outbreak
- push
- raid
- rape
- rush
- skirmish
- storming
- strike
- thrust
- violation
- volley
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