advance on

idiom

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

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The current study is an advance on an earlier dissolvable pacemaker by the same team. Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025 Her insurer, State Farm, paid a $15,000 advance on the home’s contents and also authorized coverage for two months of living expenses. Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025 While building this deterrence framework, America must simultaneously advance on two additional fronts: AI nonproliferation and domestic competitiveness. Dan Hendrycks, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025 The Eagles defeated Plainview 50-34 on Monday to advance on Monday. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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