Lexic.us

Definition of Come close

1. Verb. Nearly do something. "She came close to quitting her job"

2. Verb. Be close or similar. "Her results approximate my own"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Close

come after come again come alive come along come and go come apart come around come away come back come before

come between come by come clean come close (current term) come down come down on come down the pike come down to come down to us come down with

come for come forth come forward come from come from behind come full circle come hell or high water come hither

Literary usage of Come close

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... their part) we may keep the galleys which once come close up from falling back again. For we are brought to a ; necessity now, of making it a land-fight ..."

2. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"Dodge—Ardour of the men—come close upon the Indians—Battle of the Wisconsin heights—Defeat of the Indians—Their retreat across the river—Reasons why Gen. ..."

3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1896)
"I dared not come close up, but once or twice I caught sight of a fluttering white skirt through the trees, and this was a comfort to me ; and so I followed ..."

4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts: In Three Parts by Jonathan Edwards (1821)
"... and to be their shield to defend them from God's displeasure; while they come close to him, even to his bosom, the place of his children, ..."

5. Practical Pictorial Photography by Alfred Horsley Hinton (1898)
"increase in size, until they become gigantic as they come close to one. Having noted this on the projection screen, next apply the observation in the street ..."

6. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts ; I. Nature of by Jonathan Edwards (1821)
"... and to be their shield to defend them from God's displeasure; while they come close to him, even to his bosom, the place of his children, ..."

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