up close

adverb or adjective

: at close range

Examples of up close in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each, in a way, gets to be up close to the gears that make the real world turn. — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

What Spytek watched up close was one of the league’s most prolific interior game wreckers. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Animal lovers can also visit The Raptor Center to see eagles, owls, and hawks up close while learning about wildlife rehabilitation. — Samantha Lande, Midwest Living, 30 July 2026

Looking at screens up close for long periods is also very stimulating, which may leave us exhausted. — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for up close

• arkose
• engross
• faroese
• fructose
• fucose
• gatos
• glucose
• jocose
• morose
• plateaus
• spinose
• vadose