ADVANCES


Meaning of ADVANCES in English

n.

effort to become friendly or to enter into negotiations

1) to make ~ to (he made ~ to her; the Americans made ~ to the Russians)

2) to rebuff, reject smb.'s ~

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.