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at close range
Idioms and Phrases
Very nearby, as in At close range, the rock band was unbearably loud . Derived from shooting— range denotes the distance that missile or projectile can be made to travel—this expression soon came to mean anything in close proximity.Example Sentences
First responders working at close range, often without adequate respiratory protection, were at higher risk of developing adverse health conditions.
An autopsy found marks on Herman’s face, torso and arms that the medical examiner said indicated he had been shot at close range.
One resident said that the gunmen prevented residents for hours from removing the bodies of five of their neighbors killed Friday at close range.
Stippling on her face meant she’d been shot at close range, the detective said.
An eyewitness told BBC Verify that he saw unarmed civilians gunned down by fighters at close range as they tried to flee.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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