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"approach from behind" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where someone or something is approaching someone or something else from the back or rear. For example: As he crept up the hallway, he could hear someone approaching him from behind.
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Then two masked figures approach from behind and set him on fire.
The saddle vibrates when other cyclists approach from behind, while the handlebars do the same when obstacles appear ahead.
During our brief conversation, some dog walkers and their pack approach from behind, and I bend down to reattach the dog's lead so it won't run off.
As the officer returned to his patrol car to write the paperwork for what he had learned was a stolen vehicle, he saw a man approach from behind, on the driver's side.
Moriarty approach from behind and grabbed his inner thigh.
I walked down the road as it curved away from the dirt path to the cliff, my backpack and violin heavy across my back, when I heard sirens approach from behind.
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The killer approaches from behind.
Approaching from behind is more playful.
If she hears someone approaching from behind, she turns and meets that person's gaze.
An officer approached from behind, warning him in a low voice to flee.
An S.U.V. approached from behind, and Shanahan scurried to the curb.
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