close grips

Example Sentences

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Then they sure got to close grips," concluded Kiddie, "and I guess he got as much as he gave.

From Kiddie the Scout by Leighton, Robert

But when they got to close grips Rufus felt helpless.

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)

Spargo, almost irritable from desire to get at close grips with the objects of his long journey, shook off Breton's hand with a growl of resentment.

From The Middle Temple Murder by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

What they all desired was to get into close grips with the Turks.

From The Irish at the Front by MacDonagh, Michael

Read these essential Fractions, chiefly chronological;—and then, at once, To Bunzelwitz, and the time of close grips in Silesia here.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas