Get closer
Near and get closer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Near" instead a verb phrase "Get closer".
Near
Near verb - To come near or nearer.
Get closer and near are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Get closer" instead a verb "Near".
Both terms in one sentence
- Near Victory Fanfare: All the games have the Pile Driver music, which gets steadily more epic as you get closer to purifying the boss.
Source: Video Game / Boktai - When you get closer to it near the end of the level, it has changed into a mundane advertisement for a pre-sandstorm circus act.
Source: Creepy Changing Painting - Near the end, however, the vampire wizard allies himself with Simon, helping him get closer to Mephisto as well as teleporting in a squad of vampires to help against the massive wave of demons that attacks.
Source: Video Game / NecroVisioN
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