• to come up to sy, to make up to sy
• to be getting on for fifty
• things are coming to a head
• to be near one's last, to draw to an end
• to be in course of completion
• things are coming to a crisis, things are drawing to a crisis
• he must be nearing home
• things are coming to a crisis, things are drawing to a crisis
• things are coming to a crisis, things are drawing to a crisis