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up close and personal

British  

adverb

  1. intimately

    he got to know the prime minister up close and personal
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adjective

  1. intimate

    up-close-and-personal interaction
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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 • Jul. 17, 2025

We’ve just seen it up close and personal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2025

Hundreds wake up early and queue outside the church gates for a chance to see senior royals up close and personal.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2023

Partly because his rancid smell was now up close and personal.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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