COME CLOSE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • nearly do something
    Usage Example(s)
    • She came close to quitting her job
    Hypernyms(s) come close is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • be close or similar
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Her results approximate my own
    Hypernyms(s) come close is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)