up close and personal
Britishadverb
adjective
Example Sentences
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Getting up close and personal with compost is part of the job...
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
Felix Salmon is joined by McKay Coppins to discuss his experience getting up close and personal with the Murdoch family and break down the dynamics behind the battle over the family empire.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2025
“I wasn’t trying to get up close and personal with anything in that world, but...there were Pteranodon flying in the sky!”
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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