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View definitions for close up

close up

verb as in latch

Weak match

noun as in mug shot

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Example Sentences

That Nyoni films this scene from a distance — the film’s only prominent living male character doesn’t rate a close-up — says something.

"Purgatory is the word that I would use to describe the situation that so many people are in," says Chloe, having now seen the crisis close-up.

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Guardiola's name was met with deafening jeers and whistles when it was read out before kick-off, and when one of the many giant screens captured his despair in close-up after Mbappe's early strike, a huge roar of delight swept around the stadium.

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The recorded message, delivered in close-up by Meghan, emphasises the continuity with her former, pre-royal, lifestyle blog, the Tig.

From BBC

I don’t do like a master and then I do a close-up.

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

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