come close

phrase

1

: to almost do something

We didn't win, but we came close.

—often + to

The band came very close to breaking up.

We came close to winning the championship this season.

2

: to be similar to something or as good as expected

She said they taste just like real hot dogs, but they don't even come close (to the real thing).

Examples of come close in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To be clear, Tuesday’s feat didn’t come close to approaching the overall land-speed record, which Green set with jet power in 1997. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

For a league that's never turned a profit, or even really come close, the WNBA received an incredible gift with Caitlin Clark. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

And the men’s team in Midtown — led by owner James Dolan, who notoriously left the Liberty for dead — couldn’t come close to sniffing the Larry O’Brien trophy either. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Funnily enough, that still doesn’t come close to his ex-wife. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for come close

• adios
• adipose
• amylose
• bellicose
• cellulose
• centavos
• comatose
• diagnose
• grandiose
• granulose
• levulose
• overdose