advance on

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: to approach usually in order to attack
Enemy soldiers are advancing on the city.

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About 90 percent of campsites are released online six months in advance on the first day of each month at 10 a.m. EST. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025 During their advance on Damascus, opposition groups announced taking over a number of prisons and throwing their doors open to release longtime political detainees. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024 When the suspect continued to advance on officers, an officer discharged a firearm, Joseph said. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024 In April, Quanta reported on the first significant advance on this version of the sphere-packing problem in 75 years. Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for advance on 

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“Advance on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advance%20on. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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