Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
nearly do something;
- Example: "She came close to quitting her job"2.
be close or similar;
- Example: "Her results approximate my own"[syn: approximate, come close]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
come close
v 1: nearly do something; "She came close to quitting her job"
2: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn:
approximate, come close]