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eyeball to eyeball
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(Definition of eyeball to eyeball from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Closeness in distance and time
Synonyms and related words:
- a few/couple of steps idiom
- a hair's breadth idiom
- a stone's throw idiom
- anywhere near idiom
- approachable adjective (PLACE)
- closely adverb (NEAR)
- come within an ace of sth idiom
- convenient adjective
- directly adverb (STRAIGHT)
- face-to-face adverb, adjective
- float around/about phrasal verb (OBJECT)
- mould verb
- near adjective
- near verb
- nearby adverb, adjective
- neighbouring adjective
- next door adverb
- scarcely adverb (ONLY JUST)
- squeaky adjective (SUCCESS)
- tailgate verb
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