close up
(intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
Seen in the wild
Hump Day hole extreme close up edition.
Good Morning #bluesky little one ready for a close up #treeswallows #swallow #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #halifax #halisky #novascotia #canada #canon #sigma #wildaboutbirds
Close up and personal with Jax🙀🙀🐈🤍🧡👍👍
i promise the one on the right is a close up and not just a really really big arrow #projectile #pixelart #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social
@lastweektonight.com Think Tennessee could use another close up with John Oliver
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(intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.
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(transitive) To enclose, confine.
We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock.
“Hump Day hole extreme close up edition.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good Morning #bluesky little one ready for a close up #treeswallows #swallow #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #halifax #halisky #novascotia #canada #canon #sigma #wildaboutbirds”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Close up and personal with Jax🙀🙀🐈🤍🧡👍👍”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i promise the one on the right is a close up and not just a really really big arrow #projectile #pixelart #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive) To close completely or fully.
Some flowers close up at night to stay protected from the cold.
“@lastweektonight.com Think Tennessee could use another close up with John Oliver”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Have mercy on the west coasters, it’s quite early for a selfie that close up on your face 😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Kanker sister close up #art #digitalpainting #timelapse”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Moon looks like you could touch it through this thing Real close up photos https://amzn.to/45QzO2G #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #STEM #Space #ad #paidlink #Universe #Science”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Let's see a close up of the cover. I'll do some research and get back to you.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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