close grips
Example Sentences
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Rather there came a sense of gladness that a fighter feels when the battle has at last come to close grips.
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
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 Carlyle, Thomas
His, unless a trained forest warrior himself, was a headlong bravery, and now this gallant little force asked for nothing but to come to close grips with the enemy.
From The Scouts of the Valley by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
"We're at close grips at last," said Holmes as we walked together across the moor.
From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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
