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Exact Match:

bear down on

sail towards another vessel, of a ship

Synonyms:

• accost,
• advance,
• advance against,
• advance upon,
• approach,
• approach anchorage,
• appropinquate,
• approximate,
• bear against,
• bear down upon,
• bear hard upon,
• bear up,
• bear up for,
• bear up to,
• close,
• close in,
• close with,
• come,
• come closer,
• come forward,
• come near,
• come on,
• come up,
• confront,
• counterattack,
• draw near,
• draw nigh,
• drive,
• encounter,
• fetch,
• flank,
• gain upon,
• gas,
• go aboard,
• go alongside,
• high-pressure,
• infiltrate,
• launch an attack,
• lay aboard,
• lay for,
• lay in,
• lean on,
• lie in,
• make,
• make at,
• make for,
• march against,
• march upon,
• mount an attack,
• narrow the gap,
• near,
• open an offensive,
• press,
• pressure,
• proximate,
• push,
• put away for,
• put in,
• put into port,
• put pressure on,
• reach,
• run for,
• sail for,
• sidle up to,
• squeeze,
• stand for,
• steer toward,
• step up,
• strike,
• thrust