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up close and personal

up close and personal prepositional phrase: with intimate detail and from a perspective of closeness, sometimes with the implication of intrusiveness or invasion of privacy.

Prepositional phrase

  1. With intimate detail and from a perspective of closeness, sometimes with the implication of intrusiveness or invasion of privacy.

Questions about up close and personal

What does up close and personal mean?
Up close and personal means with intimate detail and from a perspective of closeness, sometimes with the implication of intrusiveness or invasion of privacy.
What part of speech is up close and personal?
Up close and personal is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up close and personal in the dictionary

  1. up bow
  2. up bows
  3. up bubble
  4. up bup bup
  5. up close
  6. up close and personal
  7. Up Exe
  8. up for
  9. up for grabs
  10. up for sale
  11. up for the downstroke

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