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*close to someone or something

1. near someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; stand ~; sit ~; move ~.) Don't get close to me. I have a cold. If you get close to the fire, you may get burned.

2. approximating someone or something in some quality or measure. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) This brand of frozen fish does not even get close to that brand in flavor and freshness. Tom doesn't even get close to Nancy when it comes to artistic ability.

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He noticed, however, that Akut kept always close to him, and was often looking at him with a strange wonder in his little bloodshot eyes, and once he did a thing that Tarzan during all his long years among the apes had never before seen an ape do--he found a particularly tender morsel and handed it to Tarzan. The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context From time to time one or another of them had passed close to Teeka, and Tarzan had been uninterested. Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Tom's turn came last, and meanwhile he was all eyes, looking first with awe at the great man, who sat close to him, and was helped first, and who read a hard-looking book all the time he was eating; and when he got up and walked off to the fire, at the small boys round him, some of whom were reading, and the rest talking in whispers to one another, or stealing one another's bread, or shooting pellets, or digging their forks through the tablecloth. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context			clog with close close a deal close a sale close around close as two coats of paint close at hand close call close chewer and a tight spitter close down close down and shut down close enough for government work close enough to use the same toothpick close eyes to close in close in for the kill close off close on Close only counts in horseshoes close out close out of close ranks close shave close the books on close the door on close to close to heart close to home close to the bone close up close up shop close with Close your eyes and think of England Close, but no cigar closed closet closet with closing the stable door after the horse has bolted cloth cloth ears clothe in clothes Clothes make the man clothing cloud cloud over cloud up clover clown around club clue			close support close support close support area close support area Close Support Assault Weapon Close Support End to End Assessment close supporting fire Close Tab on Double Click Close Target Reconnaissance Close Textual Analysis Close That Door close the books on close the curtain close the deal close the door on close the door on someone or something close the door to someone or something Close the Loop Close the Position close the sale Close their Position Close Their Positions Close This Office close thought close timbering Close time close to Close to Brisbane Close to Brisbane Close to Death close to heart close to heart close to heart close to heart close to heart close to home close to home close to home close to home close to home close to home Close To My Heart Close to the Bone Close to the Bone Close to the Bone Close to the Bone Close to the Edge close to the mark close to the mark close to the mark close to the mark close to the mark close to the wind close to the wind close to the wind close to the wind close to the wind

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