| near about about to be abutting accost adjacent adjoining advance advancing all but almost along toward already in sight among angustifoliate angustirostrate angustisellate angustiseptal anticipate ape appear like approach approaching appropinquate approximate approximating approximative arm-in-arm around as good as aside at at close quarters at hand at next hand attached attracted to avaricious await be destined be fated be imminent be in store be like be redolent of be to be be to come bear down on bear down upon bear resemblance bear up beside bordering on brew brewing bring to mind burning by call to mind call up cheap cheek-by-jowl circa circumscribed close close about close at hand close by close in close to close upon close with close-by close-fitting closefisted closely come come close come closer come forward come near come on come up coming comparable compare with confined confront connected constricted contiguous converge copy correspond counterclockwise counterfeit cramp cramped crowded draw near draw nigh draw on drawn to encounter equal evoke expect face familiar fast by favor follow foresee foretell forthcome forthcoming from future gain upon gather gathering going to happen hairbreadth hand and glove hand-in-hand hang over hard hard by hard on hardfisted hereabout hereabouts homologous hope hot hover illiberal imitate immediate imminent impend impendent impending in in danger imminent in prospect in reserve in spitting distance in store in the cards in the offing in the wind in view incapacious incommodious inseparable instant intimate isthmian isthmic just about larboard lean towards left left-hand left-wing left-wingish levorotatory liberal lie ahead lie over like limited look for look forward to look like loom looming lower lowering lurking match meager mean menace |
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| near miss close call close shave close squeak collision collision course confrontation crack-up crash encounter error hairbreadth escape joining meeting miss mistake narrow escape narrow squeak near go near miss near thing rencontre slip slipup tight squeeze |