Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Shooting up is an antonym for close.
Shooting up
Both terms in one sentence
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Whether it was shooting up his own car with a magnum, his drug addictions, his childhood, or his health problems, Pryor would bare his private life in front of his audience in a way that even his most devoted followers could rarely come close to.
Source: Creator / Richard Pryor
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Shooting up and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/shooting_up
Close & Shooting up. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/shooting_up>.
Shooting up or Close. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/shooting_up.
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