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close/dear to heart

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close/dear to someone's heart

if something is dear to someone's heart, it is very important to them. Animal rights is an issue very close to my heart.

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close the door on
close to heart
close to home
close to the bone
close up shop
Close your eyes and think of England
close, but no cigar

close/dear to heart
close/near at hand
close/shut eyes to
close/shut the door on
closed
closed-door
closet
closing/shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted

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