come close

1. 1.

   nearly do something

   “She came close to quitting her job”

   Broaderact
2. 2.

   be close or similar

   “Her results approximate my own”

   Synonymsapproximate

   Broaderresemble

   Narrowerborder on

Questions about come close

What does come close mean?

come close means "nearly do something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for come close?

Close synonyms include approximate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come close a common word?

come close is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.