Meaning of within touching distance | Babel Free

Definitions

Very close.

Examples

“Away they started, lickety-click,” and arrived at the winning-post within touching distance of each other.”

“But the journey went on. Slower as the river became more intimate; reeds at the edge almost within touching distance. Waterfowl. A heron stalkily still. Dank lank growth and then the smells of intensive farming.”

“He will know that, for 70 minutes, United produced arguably their best performance under him as Manuel Ugarte and Diogo Dalot put them within touching distance of a place in the last four.”

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