up close and personal
Britishadverb
adjective
Example Sentences
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Kirkwood admitted getting up close and personal with someone she had never met did not come naturally.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The zoologist George Schaller traveled the globe to get up close and personal with tigers, gorillas and other animals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
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 • Oct. 30, 2025
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 • Oct. 10, 2025
But Joey can’t resist the opportunity to conduct spy work up close and personal.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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