at close range

Idioms  

1. Very nearby, as in At close range, the rock band was unbearably loud. Derived from shooting— range denotes the distance that missile or projectile can be made to travel—this expression soon came to mean anything in close proximity.

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at close range

Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Scientists hope that future spacecraft will be prepared to intercept newly discovered interstellar objects and examine them at close range.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

That came after Hampton had scrambled across goal to stop Dilja Zomers' shot bouncing in off the far post and leapt to deny Jessen at close range.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

In fact, the only bone I’ve ever broken is my thumb, in tenth grade, when a friend kicked a soccer ball into my hand at close range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

“Immense, I tell you,” persisted Madame Ratignolle, surveying the sketches one by one, at close range, then holding them at arm’s length, narrowing her eyes, and dropping her head on one side.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin