advance on

idiom

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

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Business leaders must agree in advance on quantifying and classifying results and acceptable error rates. Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 The enemy, trying to advance on this front, is suffering significant losses in personnel and equipment. Brendan Cole john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 Even with the sector’s more than 1% advance on Tuesday, the group is still in negative territory quarter to date. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025 As the blaze continued its advance on Saturday, all 179 prisoners were evacuated from Rifle Correctional Center in Garfield County, state authorities said. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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