gaining upon
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The police had thrown down their capes, and were rapidly gaining upon me.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
The children were very frightened when they saw the horrible head behind them, slowly gaining upon them.
From Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan
Brown and Knight, seeing the dogs gaining upon them, selected a place where loose stones were abundant, and gave their barking foes a reception which must have astonished them.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger
We were gaining upon them; but so slowly, that Guinane was all the while chafing with impatience.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
The closing features of consumption were gaining upon him rapidly.
From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
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