"to advance, to step, to approach (time)" is Наступать in Russian.
Наступать means "to advance, to step, to approach (time)" in English.
Listen to the pronunciationWord #2931 of 4,000 by frequency in Russian — level B2.
Зима наступает быстрее, чем мы ожидали в этом году.
Winter is coming faster than we expected this year.