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• Closable

  [verb klohz; adjective, adverb klohs or for 51, klohz; noun klohz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, klohs for 61, 62, 66] /verb kloʊz; adjective, adverb kloʊs or for 51, kloʊz; noun kloʊz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, kloʊs for 61, 62, 66/ verb (used with object), closed, closing. 1. to put (something) in […]

• Close

  [verb klohz; adjective, adverb klohs or for 51, klohz; noun klohz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, klohs for 61, 62, 66] /verb kloʊz; adjective, adverb kloʊs or for 51, kloʊz; noun kloʊz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, kloʊs for 61, 62, 66/ verb (used with object), closed, closing. 1. to put (something) in […]

• Closeable

  [verb klohz; adjective, adverb klohs or for 51, klohz; noun klohz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, klohs for 61, 62, 66] /verb kloʊz; adjective, adverb kloʊs or for 51, kloʊz; noun kloʊz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, kloʊs for 61, 62, 66/ verb (used with object), closed, closing. 1. to put (something) in […]

• Close-at-hand

  [klohs-uh t-hand] /ˈkloʊs ətˈhænd/ adjective 1. lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.

• Close but no cigar

  adverb phrase Very nearly correct; not quite the thing: One package, that was acceptable. Too many amounted to her idea of close-but-no-cigar/ If you answered George Lucas’ Star Wars you’re close, but no cigar [1970s+; fr carnival feats where one gets a cigar as a prize] A narrowly missed success, as in That ball was […]

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