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Phrase(s): draw near 1. [and] draw near (to someone or something)
Lit. to come near to someone or something. • Draw near to me, and let me look at you. • Draw near to the table and look at this. 2. Fig. [for a particular time] to approach. • The time to depart is drawing near. • As the time for her speech drew near, Ann became more and more nervous.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs