Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Forth
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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As you get close to the ships and helicopters, they start moving back and forth across the river.
Source: Video Game / River Raid - If the threshold for the warning music and the threshold to switch back are the same (or too close to each other), the song can switch back-and-forth a little too much.
Source: Songs in the Key of Panic -
As Hoodsey attempts to give a eulogy for his late grandmother (who he wasn't very close to), a speedboat drives past the funeral which causes the boat to rock back and forth for a while.
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Forth and Close to. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close_to/forth
Close to & Forth. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close_to/forth>.
Forth or Close to. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close_to/forth.
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