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

Kansas City hasn’t come close to this type of production from a running back since the rookie season of Kareem Hunt, who led the NFL in rushing with 1,327 yards. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

On the simplest question – asleep or awake – today’s devices come close. — J. David Creswell, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

Various smaller sites are seeing less than $1,000 from the program over several months, which won’t come close to offsetting declining traffic. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

The situation did come close to spilling over to something that would have been foreign to my whole being, my whole behavior. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for come close

• adios
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• amylose
• bellicose
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• comatose
• diagnose
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• granulose
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• overdose