close grips

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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)

Within another hour the opposing forces were at close grips again, and the Federals, flushed with success and steadied by the regulars, seemed certain to succeed.

From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by Wood, William Charles Henry

The luxury of grief is not for those at close grips with stern poverty.

From Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

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