up close
adverb or adjective
: at close range
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Teaming up with Lucian to find the cure, Jim goes on an adventure through the city that brings him up close with all the tribes Jim would usually shun, from submissives in pup masks to shady but protective drag queens to the bears — amusingly depicted here as literal bears.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Last year, around 100 people showed up to take part in educational programming and to see several species of turtles up close and personal.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
Tour Loudoun County farms, celebrate Asian culture at street festivals, watch Eurovision or the Preakness, and see vintage Ferraris up close.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
As the lens follows Dua, often up close and from behind, this mode of expression proves alternately absorbing and alienating.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Last year, around 100 people showed up to take part in educational programming and to see several species of turtles up close and personal.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
Tour Loudoun County farms, celebrate Asian culture at street festivals, watch Eurovision or the Preakness, and see vintage Ferraris up close.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
As the lens follows Dua, often up close and from behind, this mode of expression proves alternately absorbing and alienating.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for up close
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“Up close.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20close. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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