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come close

VERB

approach

Synonyms

STRONGEST

come contact match meet near reach surround threaten

STRONG

advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble

WEAK

be comparable to be like belly up to catch up close in come at compare with correspond to creep up draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after verge upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart go leave miss

STRONG

decrease retreat retrogress stop

WEAK

distance go away

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Northeast of Los Angeles, the two systems come close together at Cajon Pass, a geologically complex area where a rupture on one fault may be able to jump to the other.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

“Weary Brokers Say They Must Ration, Not Sell Ford Stock,” The Wall Street Journal wrote Jan. 17, 1956, as the iconic car maker’s 10.2 million shares didn’t come close to filling demand.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Alphabet, shares of which are up roughly 25% this year, has recently come close to hitting a $5 trillion valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The study’s authors found that ChatGPT doesn’t even come close to matching the predictive accuracy of a low-tech model that has been around for years.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Now he was in danger of finishing the most important race he’d rowed without having come close to exhausting himself—the last thing any oarsman wants.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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