bear down on
64 synonyms found
- accost
- 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
- fetch
- gain upon
- 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
- 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
- thrust
Definition
(v) :
sail towards another vessel, of a ship