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Phrase(s): advance something to someone or something (against something)
to make an early payment of a sum of money promised or owed to a person or organization. • We advanced the money to Tom against his next month’s salary., Phrase(s): advance to(ward) someone or something
to move forward in the direction of someone or something. • The line of people slowly advanced to the door of the theater.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs