Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Stretching is an antonym for close.
Stretching
Stretching noun - The act of making longer.
Both words in one sentence
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As if this wasn't enough, while John plays, he constantly does his signature neck-stretching, even moving his head disturbingly close to the camera at one point.
Source: Web Animation / Ratboy Genius - Also the scene near the beginning of season 2 featuring close-up shots of Nathan stretching while wearing nothing but a speedo, and the other Misfits grimacing and telling him to stop it.
Source: Fan Disservice / Live-Action TV -
Saving filler stories strictly for promotion of other things (such as movies) and keeping them short, the anime instead is taking the one-chapter-one-episode approach, sometimes resorting to stretching a chapter into two episodes if they get too close, keeping roughly 10 to 12 months behind.
Source: Overtook the Manga
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Stretching and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/stretching
Close & Stretching. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/stretching>.
Stretching or Close. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/stretching.
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