Buckle
Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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He copes better than his two less well-off companions, though isn't always successful - notably when he fashions a compass but then fouls up using it by holding it too close to his metal belt buckle.
Source: Film / The Edge
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Close and Buckle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buckle/close
Buckle & Close. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buckle/close>.
Close or Buckle. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buckle/close.
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