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Phrase(s): *close to someone or something
1. near someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; stand ~; sit ~; move ~.) • Don’t get close to me. I have a cold. • If you get close to the fire, you may get burned. 2. approximating someone or something in some quality or measure. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) • This brand of frozen fish does not even get close to that brand in flavor and freshness. • Tom doesn’t even get close to Nancy when it comes to artistic ability., Phrase(s): *close to someone
friendly or intimate with someone. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) • She is very shy and really won’t let anyone get close to her. • It is difficult to get close to a loner like Wally.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs