close grips

Example Sentences

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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 Cairns, John

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 Wood, William Charles Henry

However, they were not destined to come to close grips with the enemy.

From The Boy Ranchers on the Trail by Baker, Willard F.

The Paleyan God had at least the merit of coming to close grips with his work.

From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Cohen, Chapman

Carlyle shows him at close grips with the devil.

From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring