come close
idiom
1
: to almost do something
We didn't win, but we came close.
—often + toThe 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).
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Could any other metropolitan area come close to that one?
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Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
McLaren has come close to our top podium spot before with its 720S finishing second in 2018, bested only by the Lamborghini Huracán Performante.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
None of this would come close to saturating the general bandwidth capacities noted above.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
The large castings for the battery packs are the opposite of handmade—human hands don't come close while the various robots do their thing.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
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Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
McLaren has come close to our top podium spot before with its 720S finishing second in 2018, bested only by the Lamborghini Huracán Performante.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
None of this would come close to saturating the general bandwidth capacities noted above.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
The large castings for the battery packs are the opposite of handmade—human hands don't come close while the various robots do their thing.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Come close.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20close. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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