Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Speak of
Both terms in one sentence
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Sometimes that somebody will bring it up again, earning the reaction "I thought we agreed to never speak of it again" or something close to that.
Source: Let Us Never Speak of This Again -
Let Us Never Speak of This Again: In Kirisawa's route, Tennoji experiences this when having to don a pink bunny suit to get close to the suspect at an amusement park.
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Let Us Never Speak of This Again: In "Tub Be or Not Tub Be", the end of the race is so close that it requires a photo finish which shows Pete barely winning.
Source: Western Animation / Goof Troop
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