Definition of "close to" []

• Approximately (adverb)
• Nearly; almost (adverb)
• Near. (preposition)

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• "His hair was brown and curly, cut close to his skull, and the only jewelry he wore was a gold Raymond Weil watch with a brown leather strap."
• "Romano was so incensed by the outburst that he came close to eighty-sixing Stuey for good right then and there."
• "Old and infirm before his time, and perilously close to falling off the grid, Stuey was encouraged by Dr. Phil Earle to get back into playing poker."