at close range
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3.5
- idiom
:
de cerca
- The black Magic Marker was still on the license plate, and at close range, in broad daylight, it would be visible.
- photographed at close range
- observed at close range
I'm not a huge fan of it, but I'll tell you what it does at close range is pretty impressive.
- I'm not a huge fan of it, but I'll tell you what it does at close range is pretty impressive.
- So the police say a Mossberg pump action shotgun shot at close range and executed in Rickmansworth.
- If you have a shotgun, when you shoot someone at close range, you had a certain expectancy what you think would happen there.
Examples
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But at close range, there was far more to be observed on his blunt features.
Fiction book (1990) -
Weather had seen Lucas working at close range, as he broke a murder case in her small northern Wisconsin town.
Fiction book (1994) -
I could shoot it at close range, right here.
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Now, for the first time, he had a chance to observe some of them at close range.
Academic text (1998) -
I'm not a huge fan of it, but I'll tell you what it does at close range is pretty impressive.
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I was lying full length on the slope, which, seen at close range, was not white but ochre.
Fiction book (2000) -
We're going to put a larger enticement field generator aboard it so we can work at close range.
Fiction book (2002) -
The photographer captured stunning details of the butterfly at close range.
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During the demonstration, the scientist explained the experiment at close range.
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The player took the shot at close range and scored a goal.
Synonyms
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2.1
At a very short distance
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2.3
A short distance away that is a few minutes' walk
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'from or at a very short distance' is directly derivable from combining 'at' (locative), 'close' (near) and 'range' (distance/extent); the composition yields a clear locative-distance interpretation. This is a common, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
At close range comes from hunting and shooting. Imagine a shooter standing near a target: the distance, or range, is very small because the shooter is close, so the action was called 'at close range' and today the phrase means 'very near'.