Come close
Come close verb - Be close or similar.
Show and come close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb phrase "Come close".
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Come close and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come close" instead a verb "Show".
Both terms in one sentence
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By the end of the show, Triple H hadn't even come close to leaving the building, instead deciding to stay to announce the number one contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Source: Wrestling / Triple H - On NextGen, it was Captain Picard left behind — but that show has sometimes come close to this.
Source: Who's Watching the Store? -
The Eponymous Show Failure Is the Only Option: No matter how many breakthroughs Bob has with his regular patients, they never even come close to getting better.
Source: Series / The Bob Newhart Show
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