Bear down upon and Tread on the heels of

Bear down upon verb - Sail towards another vessel, of a ship.

Tread on the heels of and bear down upon are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Tread on the heels of" with "Bear down upon", this phrasal verbs are similar.

Bear down upon and tread on the heels of are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Bear down upon" with "Tread on the heels of", this phrasal verbs are similar.