Phrase Hound found 192 phrases and 57 compound words that contain close. The most common are listed below. Open close in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 192
- close-upIn near proximity.
- close to homeAffecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.
- up closeAt very close range.
- close downTo stop trading as a business.
- close the doorSynonym of shut the door: To refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in.
- close outTo terminate; to call the end of.
- close of businessThe end of a business day.
- close enoughSynonym of good enough: acceptable, imperfect but adequate for the purpose.
- Too Close
- close-rangeCapable of operating at a short distance.
- close callA situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided.
- close quartersplural of close quarter: any of several strong wooden barriers erected across the deck of a merchant sailing ship, having loopholes through which muskets could be fired to resist boarding attacks
- close at handNear spatially or temporally.
- close the rangeTo move oneself or one's vehicle(s) (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) closer to the enemy in order to allow them to fire on the enemy, either more effectively or at all.
- Come Close
- come to a closeTo draw toward a conclusion; to end.
- Close Friends
- close seasonThe time of year when no competition takes place.
- Close friend
- close to the windNear a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
- close of playThe end of a day's play.
- close togetherNear each other in time or space.
- close the booksTo finalize the financial records for a specific accounting period; to cease trading.
- close the faceTo turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.
- Close relationship
Compound words 57
- closelyIn a close manner.
- closetA small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
- closercomparative form of close: more close
- encloseTo surround with a wall, fence, etc.
- forecloseTo repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
- reclosableCapable of being closed again after opening.
- upcloseTo close up.
- closemouthedreticent, secretive or uncommunicative
- miscloseThe discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
- closebyAlternative form of close by: Close, near, nearby: in proximity (to).