close with

/ kləʊz /

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to engage in battle with (an enemy)

Example Sentences

I'm really close with my aunties, uncles, nans, grandads, trying to spend as much time together as possible, so I'd say that's one thing I'm really proud of, that I have a loving family.

From BBC

Martino, who runs the eatery’s Facebook page — where a message posted Saturday announced Tana’s death — said that Perencevic was close with the former proprietor and had been with him in Belgrade on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

Texas Democrats, who broke quorum in an attempt to prevent Republicans’ gerrymander of the state, on Friday said they were proud of the fight they had put up thus far in their state but signaled that chapter may be coming to a close, with the battle playing out on the national level in the future.

From Salon

From that experience came the album’s title, and the sequencing that had the album open with the ethereal, percolating track “Inhale,” and then close with the hopeful, romantic “Exhale.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We’ll be in a resource recovery model, where nothing’s wasted, and we’ll be enjoying a circular economy. ... It feels dramatic, but from what we’ve seen up close with our organization, it’s very much possible.”

From Los Angeles Times

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