Approach
Approach verb - To come near or nearer.
Usage example: the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!
Pull out
Pull out verb - To leave a place often for another.
Usage example: the party's been fun, but it's time to pull out
Both terms in one sentence
- According to the canon, Gul'day's betrayal and the approach of the Alliance army forces Orgrim Doomhammer to pull out his forces, even as the walls of the city are about to fall.
Source: Capital Offensive -
Shadow can pull out every element in the book, knows her way around practically every approach to fighting, and possesses a Dragon Demon Goddess... Thing whose name could have put baby Biju fearfully to sleep at night.
Source: Fan Fic / Yet again
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