come close

Verb

Meaning

be close or similar

nearly do something

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

approach resemble approximate approximated

Antonyms

distance vary isolate funk diverge

Hypernyms

move act resemble

Hyponyms

approach border on

Examples

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together. Federico Fellini

Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close. Jerry Coyne

I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there's about 50 people with producer credits, so what's the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance. Tim Roth

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. Todd Gitlin

Bring all the spaces together And all the silences ever Bring all the spaces together Come close again Be my pause before the end I miss you, oh, like a fading dream And I have a feeling you know what I mean. Leslie Feist

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand. Jodi Picoult

Close letter words and terms

come calling come clean come clean about come close to come close to death come closer