close grips
Example Sentences
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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 J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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 Thomas Carlyle
The Paleyan God had at least the merit of coming to close grips with his work.
From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Chapman Cohen
It is no part of his calling to come to close grips, though that often happens in the confined space in which he has to work.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
He was headed for Ireland and close grips with the hated redcoats as fast as train and steamer could bear him.
From Kindred of the Dust by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
