come up for
to reach the time when something should happen
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to reach the time when something should happen
to get nearer to a particular time or stage in a process
to gradually prepare yourself or someone else for something that you are going to say or do
used for saying that you know someone is going to enjoy something
to be very close to doing or experiencing something, especially something unpleasant
to be going to happen or do something very soon
to be about to do something
to be going to experience something, especially something unpleasant
used for saying someone is going to experience a shock in the future
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