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Describing Movement Towards A Place Or Person

Direct - Going straight to a place and not stopping or changing direction on the way there.

Advancing- Moving forwards or progressing.

Oncoming - Moving towards you.

Ahead - Moving, pointing, or looking towards a place in front of you.

Up - Moving near to someone or something and then stopping.

Forward - Moving in the direction in front of you.

Into - Moving towards something and hitting it.

Towards - Used for saying in which direction someone or something is going, facing, or looking.

Bound for something - Travelling towards a place.

From all sides - From all directions towards one object or person.

Across - Moving or looking from one side of a place, space, or line to the other.

Along - Moving forwards on a line, road, path, etc towards one end of it.

- Moving from one place to another while staying near the side or edge of something.

Around -  Moving so that you get to the other side of something.

Direct - Going straight to a place and not stopping or changing direction on the way there.

Directly - Going straight to a place and not stopping or changing direction on the way there.

Down - Moving or looking along a road, track, path, etc.

From - Used for stating where someone or something was before leaving or being removed.

- Used for stating where someone was or what they were doing before they came back.

Go from place to place/room to room/etc - To go to many different places/rooms, etc, one after the other.

Here comes someone - Used for telling other people that someone is moving towards you.

In - Moving into a place or a space.

Inbound - Travelling towards a station or an airport.

Incoming - Coming in, or arriving.

Inward - Going towards the inside or centre of something.

- Towards the inside of something.

On a collision course - Moving towards something and likely to crash into it.

Onrushing - Moving quickly towards someone or something.

Round - Moving so that you can get to the opposite side of something.

Thence - From a particular place or point.

Thither - An old word meaning 'to that place' or 'in that direction'.

Towards - Towards.

Whereto - An old word meaning 'to the place that has been referred to'.