advance on

idiom

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

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Book tickets in advance on the website. Holly Andres, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026 Buy your tickets in advance on either Great Bay Express or the Voyager to secure your seat for a ~45-minute ferry crossing. Molly Barstein, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026 Just two days after the researchers posted their paper, Bedert, the Cambridge mathematician, posted his own advance on the problem, using a more traditional approach from Fourier analysis. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026 But the stock averages only a marginal advance on earnings days. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026 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 15 Feb. 2026.

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