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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (v) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense) "Time marches on"

S: (v) forge (move ahead steadily) "He forged ahead"
S: (v) penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through) "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"
S: (v) creep up, sneak up (advance stealthily or unnoticed) "Age creeps up on you"
S: (v) encroach, infringe, impinge (advance beyond the usual limit)
S: (v) press on, push on, plough on (continue moving forward)
S: (v) string, string along (move or come along)
S: (v) pass, overtake, overhaul (travel past) "The sports car passed all the trucks"
S: (v) close in, draw in (advance or converge on) "The police were closing in on him"
S: (v) edge, inch (advance slowly, as if by inches) "He edged towards the car"
S: (v) ratchet, rachet up, ratchet down (move by degrees in one direction only) "a ratcheting lopping tool"
S: (v) elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along (pass by) "three years elapsed"

S: (v) impinge, encroach, entrench, trench (impinge or infringe upon) "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

S: (v) trespass, take advantage (make excessive use of) "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"