Come close to and Near

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Near and come close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Near" instead a verb "Come close to".

Near verb - To come near or nearer.

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Come close to and near are semantically related. You can use "Come close to" instead a verb "Near".

Nearby Words: nearly, nearby, nearness

All this bickering from people who haven't even played (or come close to finishing) the game yet is an example of 8.8 and Praising Shows You Don't Watch, but it seems to be rooted in a near-religious belief in this trope.

Source: Reviews Are The Gospel
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest provides a bunch of hints near the end that come close to explaining the strangeness of the first chapter, and sets up a dramatic climax, then ends very deliberately before that climax, in the middle of a secondary character's flashback.

Source: Gainax Ending

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