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close-up

[close-up] {n.} A photograph, motion picture, or video camera shot taken at very close range. * /Directors of movies frequently show close-ups of the main characters./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

close-knit

[close-knit] {adj.} Closely joined together by ties of love, friendship, or common interest; close. * /The Joneses are a close-knit family./ * /The three boys are always together. They form […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[close at hand] {adj. phr.} Handy; close by; within one's range. * /My calendar isn't close at hand, so I can't tell you whether we can come next week or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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