come close

VERB

approach

Synonyms

STRONGEST

come contact match meet near reach surround threaten

STRONG

advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble

WEAK

be comparable to be like belly up to catch up close in come at compare with correspond to creep up draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after verge upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart go leave miss

STRONG

decrease retreat retrogress stop

WEAK

distance go away

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come close

Maradona's club career hadn't come close, but Messi's only major international honour had been Olympic gold at the 2008 Games.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

That would have hit U.S. aluminum extruders hard, because a 25% tariff cannot come close to covering the current cost gap.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“These nebulous and overtly conjectural allegations do not come close to knitting Ganieva, Harris, and Rubenstein together in any solid or coherent way in concerted acts towards a common end,” the judge wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Talk about weird weather that the name Lala doesn’t even come close to reflecting.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

There were pages of questions, and I didn't even come close to finishing.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

come close

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