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close to home

Fig. affecting one personally and intimately. Her remarks were a bit too close to home. I took her review as a personal insult.

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Yes, it's better in some ways, because it's close to home and circuses and all that. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context He was close to home - home, where he had thought, at that hour, to be sitting in the well-remembered drawing-room in friendly converse; and, instead - ! Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			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 clue in clunk down			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 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 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 close together close together close tolerance Close Transition Transfer Switch close union close up close up close up close up close up close up close up dry cowc close up shop Close Utilization

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