Synonyms for come close
come close

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1. come closeverb

   nearly do something

   "She came close to quitting her job"

   Synonyms:
   approximate

2. approximate, come closeverb

   be close or similar

   "Her results approximate my own"

   Synonyms:
   judge, guess, estimate, approximate, gauge

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1. Tony Finau:

   I'm going to be in aggressive mode, i'm not trying to come close.

2. Alien Life -RSB- Raymond:

   These are incredibly diverse microbial communities with hundreds of different organisms, if you were counting animals in the Amazon, you wouldn't come close to the diversity of these biological soil crusts.

3. Bill Clinton:

   One of the stories ingrained in my mind is that often black women, even women of education and affluence like Serena Williams, come close to dying when she gives birth because people are not paying attention to her.

4. Dan Gainor:

   The problem is that the louder and loonier the hosts have become, the less even their own supporters listen to them, the reason why ‘The View’ seldom goes viral is that few watchers ever want anything to do with the program. ABC has reportedly come close to canceling the calcified program. It is long overdue.

5. Michael Pugliese:

   The honest truth is, no one knows, a widespread default by the US government is not something we’ve ever experienced and not something we’ve ever even come close to experiencing.