Close and Saving

Close

Close adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: the kind of folks who are very close when charity calls

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Saving and close are semantically related In some cases you can use "Saving" instead an adjective "Close".

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

Saving adjective - Characterized by thriftiness.

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Close and saving are semantically related in miserly topic. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Saving".

Nearby Words: save, saved, saver

human	human close	human saving
high	high close	high saving
nice	nice close	nice saving
normal	normal close	normal saving
Other adjectives: direct, many, actual, real, big, extreme, consistent, final.

It does qualify as an author's saving throw, or at least close, but it's not a retcon.

Source: Author's Saving Throw
You can instead stay very close to the wall and prevent the platform from lifting and the imps from coming out in the first place, thus saving yourself time and aggravation.

Source: Good Bad Bugs / Action-Adventure
Neither of them realized that she was this close to saving her own ass until it was too late—the situation became much, much worse.

Source: Unwanted Rescue

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