Meaning of thisclose | Babel Free

Definitions

This close; extremely close.

informal, nonstandard, not-comparable

Examples

“JUDY GARLAND was thisclose to signing an exclusive TV contract with NBC, but the deal fell through.”

“Sources indicate that Danzig is thisclose to signing a new label deal.”

“Bridget is the only one at school who knows that I came thisclose to letting Marcus Flutie devirginize me last New Year's Eve.”

“He knew he was thisclose to cuffing Bobbie Faye. Thisclose to keeping her from getting killed in the inevitable cross fire he sensed was coming; he felt it all the way to the cellular level of his bones.”

“If her father knew she was thisclose to a male like that?”

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