close grips
Example Sentences
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However, they were not destined to come to close grips with the enemy.
From The Boy Ranchers on the Trail by Baker, Willard F.
Clarence was rolling on the floor in close grips with Hwei, and the draperies of the joss flared away in a brilliant manner.
From The Mandarin's Fan by Hume, Fergus
Kościuszko and the Russian army under Denisov were now at close grips, Denisov repeatedly attacking, Kościuszko beating him off.
From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)
In a way he was glad of this; like all youths he longed for excitement, and wanted to come to close grips with the thing he had set out to do.
From Tommy by Hocking, Joseph
It is no part of his calling to come to close grips, though that often happens in the confined space in which he has to work.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
