Meanings
- Near spatially or temporally.
The time to board the plane was close at hand.
2 more examples
As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.
The sea, of which a distant glimpse has been caught at Saundersfoot, is now close at hand, and the view extends to the cliffs at Giltar Point and the bold outlines of Caldy Island, a mile or so off shore.
1959 October 28, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 667
Synonyms & antonyms
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