close to

idiom

1

: almost or nearly

They spent close to half a million dollars on the project.

Our company employs close to a thousand workers.

I haven't seen her in close to a year.

2

British : from a short distance : close up

She's even more beautiful when seen close to.

Examples of close to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Another piece that requires getting right up and close to see its rich layers, Stan Squirewell’s Shoney (2021) is a mixed media collage of a regal woman in finery made of fabric scraps of high-end labels. —John Oseid, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

The wildfire has rapidly spread across Uiseong, coming dangerously close to to Andong, where the Hahoe Folk Village is located. —Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025

What happened with Nightmare Alley is close to what befell La La Land director Damien Chazelle’s quick-turn follow-up, the Ryan Gosling-led Neil Armstrong biopic, First Man. —Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025

For now, the White House is holding the figures close to the vest. —ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for close to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue