Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Setting up is an antonym for close.
Setting up
Both terms in one sentence
-
And then there's Margaery setting up for Joffrey to show her how to use a crossbow, interesting him as much from a (deliberate) subtle sign of bloodlust as from the close contact.
Source: Interplay of Sex and Violence - Setting up a pawn close enough to the player to influence their decision at the proper time.
Source: Xanatos Speed Chess - However, a nearby Superman sees that the arsonist is just an actor posing as the owner; the real scheme was setting up Perry to commit criminal libel and be forced to legally close down his paper as witnesses could prove the real owner was elsewhere.
Source: Insurance Fraud
Cite this Source
Setting up and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/setting_up
Close & Setting up. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/setting_up>.
Setting up or Close. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/setting_up.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "close" and "setting up" have occurred on timeline