Related Clues:

• Gets warmer, in a way
• Converges on
• Is on the verge of
• Comes closer
• Gets 'warmer'
• Is imminent
• Targets
• Draws close to
• Comes close
• Starts to resemble
• Gets warmer
• Draws nigh
• Uses as a target
• Gets warm, so to speak
• Sets as a goal