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close-run

close-run adjective: hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.

Adjective

close-run (comparative more close-run, superlative most close-run)

  1. Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.
    • We won the election, but it was a close-run thing.
    • And it had been a close-run thing for many of the nearest - perhaps too close. Councillor Renee Spector, a senior member of Birmingham City Council planning committee, told the local press that the accident might force "a rethink" about the way it considered future applications. "There is a case...2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51

Forms of close-run

comparativemore close-run
superlativemost close-run

Questions about close-run

What does close-run mean?
Close-run means hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.
What part of speech is close-run?
Close-run is an adjective.

Words near close-run in the dictionary

  1. close-range
  2. close-reef
  3. close-reefed
  4. close-reefing
  5. close-reefs
  6. close-run
  7. close-serried
  8. close-set
  9. close-stool
  10. close-stools
  11. close-tiled

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