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close thing

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It will be a close thing; but I agree with you, I am afraid that the lugger will be here first.

By the time we got there they had all cleared off, but it was a close thing.

Yet it touched me deeply; and the thought of the Man of Sorrows seemed a very close thing—not a faint hearsay.

The thing began to buzz—but I watched narrowly my dwindling hoard: it was a close thing!

Both John Castellan and the Englishman were good swimmers, and the race was a very close thing.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to close thing, such as: cliffhanger, close shave, close squeeze, hairbreadth escape, heart stopper, and narrow escape.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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