Close to and Headed for

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Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.

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Headed for and close to are semantically related in near topic. In some cases you can use "Headed for" instead a preposition phrase "Close to".

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Close to and headed for are semantically related in near topic. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead a preposition "Headed for".

In the 2013 season, the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers was standing just a little too close to the out-of-bounds area as an opposing team's running back was headed for the endzone.

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