List of synonyms from "close out" to synonyms from "closure"
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Definition of the day : « close upon »
- As in beside : adv next to
- As in almost : adv nearly, very nearly
- He walked on, and she did not appear to hear his steps until he was close upon her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Physician was close upon him, and looked round the door too.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Close upon five hundred and forty have already been published.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- It was close upon one in the morning, and all the country folk had been long abed.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But the eyes, they were goneno, they were close upon the floor, and coming toward them.
- Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
- He is close upon twelve years old now, and maybe he is growing too fast.'
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- For close upon five-and-twenty years, she had kept a small shop in that town.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- Thus we waited for close upon two hours that were as an eternity.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- Close upon the heels of the second secretary came Mr. Green.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- Looking back he saw that one of the cars was close upon him.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery