Close to and Upon

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

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Upon and close to are semantically related. in ahead of topic. In some cases you can use "Upon" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".

Upon preposition - In or into contact with.

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Close to and upon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb "Upon".

In Mass Effect 2 during Thane's recruitment mission, Shepard happens upon a poor mook, standing too close to a window, in a skyscraper.

Source: High-Altitude Interrogation
Later in game during the Character Quests, Chloe's want for revenge upon learning identity of killer, to the point where she stabs and leaves for death Senel and tries to kill the swordsmen in front of his daughter who she has gotten close to and sees her as a sister.

Source: Revenge Before Reason
Loll: You see, Uncle Sid reasoned, quite rightly, that Aunty Alice's anger upon hearing of another suspension would be swallowed by her larger anxiety upon finding him again so close to death.

Source: Unconfessed Unemployment

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