close grips
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It was here that the minister first came to close grips with his elder's son and took the measure of the lad's abilities.
From Principal Cairns by John Cairns
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
Within another hour the opposing forces were at close grips again, and the Federals, flushed with success and steadied by the regulars, seemed certain to succeed.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
However, they were not destined to come to close grips with the enemy.
From The Boy Ranchers on the Trail by Willard F. Baker
Carlyle shows him at close grips with the devil.
From The Chief End of Man by George Spring Merriam
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