Close and Earn

Close

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

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

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

Earn verb - To receive as return for effort.

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Close and earn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead a verb "Earn".

Nearby Words: earned, earning, earner

Earn Your Happy Ending: As of 2015, Jake is back in shape, clean, and is once again close with his family thanks to the help of Diamond Dallas Page.

Source: Wrestling / Jake Roberts
If the students and staff of Hogwarts School can't earn back the world's trust, then one Nation may do what the Dark Lord could not and close its doors forever.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Axis Powers Hetalia Crossover
In fact D'Argo clearly thinks very little of him for most of the first season, but as the series progresses he begins to earn D'Argo's respect, and from about season two on their relationship has grown so close that they essentially have become brothers.

Source: Odd Friendship

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