Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Next
Next adverb - At the time or occasion immediately following.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Nearly happens in Young Dracula when Ingrid gets very close to kissing Malik until he turns her down and then reveals in the next episode he's her half-brother.
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Red Shells normally target the next racer ahead of the user, but they're programmed to skip racers who are very close to the racer unless they're in 1st place.
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As the defenders first gathered he did all that, but when Holk's goons showed up the next day, Roth, riding a horse borrowed from Pappenheim, simply kept his uptime rifle close to hand, ready to use.
Source: Horseback Heroism
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