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at close range
Idioms and Phrases
Very nearby, as in At close range, the rock band was unbearably loud . Derived from shooting鈥 range denotes the distance that missile or projectile can be made to travel鈥攖his expression soon came to mean anything in close proximity.Example Sentences
Police said the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong'ondo Were's vehicle before one of them got off the motorbike and shot him at close range.
He was then shot at close range by a Thames Valley Police officer from the armed response unit.
The military official denied any of the medics were handcuffed before they died and said they were not executed at close range, as some reports had suggested.
First responders working at close range, often without adequate respiratory protection, were at higher risk of developing adverse health conditions.
An autopsy found marks on Herman鈥檚 face, torso and arms that the medical examiner said indicated he had been shot at close range.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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