close ties

  • 1Close Combat series — Close Combat The official logo of the franchise as used in the third game of the series Genres Real time Strategy Developers …

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  • 2Ties that Bind, Ties that Break — is a children s historical novel written by Chinese American author Lensey Namioka and published in 1999. Set in early twentieth century China, the story follows a girl named Ailin who refuses to have her feet bound, which comes to affect her… …

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  • 3Close to Home (comic strip) — Close to Home is a daily, one panel comic strip by John McPherson that debuted in 1992.[1] The comic strip features no ongoing plot, but is instead a collection of one shot jokes covering a number of subjects that are close to home, such as… …

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  • 4close-knit — closely knit closely knitadj. bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely knit little villages; a close knit family. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 5close-knit — [klōs′nit΄] adj. closely united or joined together, as by social or family ties …

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  • 6establish close ties — form good relations, bring about friendly relations …

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  • 7close-knit — adjective held together as by social or cultural ties a close knit family close knit little villages the group was closely knit • Syn: ↑closely knit • Similar to: ↑close * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ …

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  • 8close — close1 [ klouz ] verb *** ▸ 1 shut ▸ 2 when business stops ▸ 3 stop use of road etc. ▸ 4 end/finish ▸ 5 reduce distance ▸ 6 stop business relations ▸ 7 finish business deal ▸ 8 put fingers around something ▸ 9 have value at end of day ▸ 10 join… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9close — I UK [kləʊz] / US [kloʊz] verb Word forms close : present tense I/you/we/they close he/she/it closes present participle closing past tense closed past participle closed *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if you close something, or if it closes,… …

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  • 10close-knit — adjective Date: 1926 bound together by intimate social or cultural ties or by close economic or political ties < close knit families > …

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