Usually means: Very near to the observer.
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  1. up close: Merriam-Webster
  2. up-close: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. up-close: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. up-close: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Up-Close, up-close: Wordnik
  6. up-close, up close: Dictionary.com
  7. Up Close (Eric Johnson album), Up Close: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. up-close, up close: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. up close: Wiktionary

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▸ adverb:  At very close range.

Similar:
near, close at hand, hereabout, nearby, about, nearhand, therenigh, elbow to elbow, thereabout, nearabout, more...

Opposite:
distant, far, remote, faraway

Phrases:
up close and personal, Number Ones, Up Close and Personal, from up close, more...

Adjectives:
hard, close, close-up, warm, around, further, nigh, near, short-range, close together, just

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Similar:
near, close at hand, hereabout, nearby, about, nearhand, therenigh, elbow to elbow, thereabout, nearabout, more...

Opposite:
distant, far, remote, faraway

Phrases:
up close and personal, Number Ones, Up Close and Personal, from up close, more...

Adjectives:
hard, close, close-up, warm, around, further, nigh, near, short-range, close together, just



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