close company

/ kləʊs /

noun

a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants Also calledclosed company

She then returned to the train and finished her journey, keeping herself in close company with Mrs. Brown.

In this particular subject there is happily no need for author and illustrator to keep close company in detail.

Many of the animals were already at liberty, racing in close company in the direction taken by the Arab mare.

Frank never took his eyes off the vessels, which kept close company, till both were nearly out of sight.

A backward season brings strangers into close company for a while.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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