'gain upon' definitions:
Synonyms of 'gain upon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accost,
- advance,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- catch up with,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come up,
- come up to,
- come up with,
- confront,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- encounter,
- gain on,
- lap,
- leave behind,
- leave standing,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- outpace,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outstrip,
- overhaul,
- overtake,
- pass,
- proximate,
- sidle up to,
- step up