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nearing(verb, adjective, adverb, moving, near)
9
close to(expression, adverb, preposition, moving, reasonable)
5
about(adjective, adverb, close, like, near)
5
almost(adjective, adverb, close, moving, near)
3
like(adjective, adverb, preposition, reasonable, fair)
3
not quite(expression, adverb, preposition, moving, like)
2
all but(expression, idiom, adverb, like, near)
2
coming up(expression, moving, planned, possible, imminent)
2
en route(expression, moving, expected, thriving, imminent)
2
proceeding(verb, preposition, moving, near, to)
1
against(adverb, preposition, moving, near, touching)
1
as good as(expression, idiom, adverb, like, near)
1
close but no cigar(expression, idiom, adverb, like, near)
1
contra(preposition, moving, near, to)
1
facing(preposition, moving, near, forward, to)
1
for(preposition, moving, near, to)
1
fronting(preposition, moving, near, to)
1
give or take a little(expression, idiom, adverb, like, warm)
1
headed for(expression, preposition, moving, near, to)
1
in essence(expression, adverb, like, near, roughly)
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