Back and Close

Back

Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Close and back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Close" instead a verb "Back".

Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Back and close are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead a verb "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

human	human back	human close
old	old back	old close
high	high back	high close
full	full back	full close
Other adjectives: low, short, actual, big, evil, little, quick, major, last, literal.

Inverted in Final Fantasy X: The Bevelle bossfight takes place on top of the airship, which can be told to get in close or back off.

Source: You Will Not Evade Me
In Doom 3, it's specifically stated that the Martian civilization's use of this technology nearly drove them into extinction, and it took a Heroic Sacrifice on the part of their entire species to send the demons back and close up the portals again before they could conquer the universe.

Source: Hyperspace Is a Scary Place
Instead of charging EX-Gauge like a madman when you're not close enough to punish it, he just jogs back and forth.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Fighting Games

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