1 to approach

2 to come closer

1 (formal) to honor with one's presence

2 to attend

1 to face

2 to overlook

3 to arrive

4 to be (just) about to

5 just before

1 as the time draws near

2 at the last moment

3 temporary

4 interim

5 ad hoc

1 close to

2 approaching

1 when things come to a head (idiom)

1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

1 facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life

2 with one foot in the grave

1 to live high and look down (idiom)

2 to overlook

3 to tower above

4 to occupy the high ground

5 fig. arrogance based on one's social position

1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble

2 doing things at the last minute

3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)