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View definitions for close quarters

close quarters

noun as in confined space

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Example Sentences

"The execution will have to be done at close quarters, brushing shoulders in the lobbies as we go to vote for the removal of much-respected colleagues."

From BBC

The virus then spread among animals held in close quarters indoors, as well as to their human handlers.

The same goes for the right-wing radio host in the local café railing against feminists and immigrants while working in close quarters with a Black woman who both intimidates and mesmerizes him.

From Salon

The barrister said what followed was the "remarkable sight" of masked petrol bombers being filmed at close quarters as they attacked police.

From BBC

Can you ponder what it would be like to work in such close quarters with your famous father?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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