Usually means: Nearly won, but ultimately lost.
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  1. close-run: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. close-run, close-run: Collins English Dictionary
  3. close-run: Wordnik
  4. close-run: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. close-run: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. close-run: Wiktionary

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adjective:  Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.

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