Approach
Approach verb - To come near or nearer.
Usage example: the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!
Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
How words are described
| similar | similar approach | similar back |
| usual | usual approach | usual back |
| open | open approach | open back |
| simple | simple approach | simple back |
| Other adjectives: entire, dark, new, latter, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Meaning that, unless your ship is at least equal, the "escorted" gunship lagging behind, if assaulted by a group of typical foes like Space Pirate or Evil Luddite, may wipe out half of them before you can turn back and approach close enough to hit one.
Source: Bodyguarding a Badass -
Call Back: The approach to the nuclear plant in "Fission" is extremely similar to the approach to the Gulag in Modern Warfare 2.
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By having your back towards them and remaining still, the sisters would approach you and you could do a back attack to knock them down and repeat until both are defeated.
Source: Video Game / Streets of Rage
Cite this Source
Back and Approach. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/back
Approach & Back. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/back>.
Back or Approach. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/back.
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