Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Set-up
Both words in one sentence
- As the SVU cops had never used non-lethal bullets before this scene, and there's no set-up for it in the episode, it's close to being an Ass Pull.
Source: Trick Bullet -
Scarlett and Bod's relationship initially seems like a set-up for this trope, but ultimately their relationship is close but platonic, even as they grow older.
Source: Literature / The Graveyard Book - Close attention to the credits reveals the twist — it was all a set-up.
Source: The Ending Changes Everything
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