up close and personal
Britishadverb
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I was a legislator at the time in California, watching it up close and personal and seeing the cases filed, and I’ve always called that “the rise of the AGs.”
From Slate
Miller’s view is up close and personal, providing the reader with private antidotes while examining her poems and correlating them to geopolitical issues.
From Salon
But this time, it’s being presented off-Broadway in a radically reconceived version, dubbed “Masquerade,” that lets audiences get up close and personal with the phantom himself.
From MarketWatch
Saving the best for last, we ended the set visit getting up close and personal with some Xenomorphs and its younger form, the Facehugger.
From Salon
When I saw him up close and personal for the very first time, I was blown away.
From BBC
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