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View synonyms for close-at-hand

close-at-hand

[ klohs-uht-hand ]

adjective

  1. lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.


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Idioms and Phrases

see at hand .

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Example Sentences

I was not in the least cast down at this long-range estimate, since I had become quite used to close-at-hand ridicule.

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