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Come close

verb

Nearly do something.

Be close or similar. Synonym: approximate.

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... night we worked like slaves. The launches could not come close inshore, so that every one and everything had to be transported to them on balsas. The colonel did not spare himself, and my position procured me the honour of standing beside him knee-deep in surf while ...

— At the Point of the Sword • Herbert Hayens

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... he happened to come close to her in doing something to save her steps, she uttered a ...

— Darry the Life Saver - The Heroes of the Coast • Frank V. Webster

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... accounts again; raising it to say shortly—"Hall, prithee shut yon door; the wind bloweth in cold this morrow." Roger Hall obeyed silently: but a change came over Mr Roberts as soon as the door was shut on possible listening ears. He beckoned Roger to come close to him. ...

— All's Well - Alice's Victory • Emily Sarah Holt

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... as from pain. She leaned on the shoulder of the nurse—who had come close—and sadly shook her head. But then she straightened smilingly and said: ...

— Gideon's Band - A Tale of the Mississippi • George W. Cable

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... lady and Mr. Wogan was a rare piece of amusement. Mr. Wogan did not hear the laugh, but the lady did. She raised her head, and at the same moment the courtier came across the hall to meet her. As soon as he had come close, "Harry," said she, ...

— Clementina • A.E.W. Mason

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