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close at hand

phrase

Definitions

  1. Near spatially or temporally.

    • As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.
    • The time to board the plane was close at hand.
    • The sea, of which a distant glimpse has been caught at Saundersfoot, is now close at hand, and the view extends to the cliffs at Giltar Point and the bold outlines of Caldy Island, a mile or so off shore.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA