See Also: CLOSE ROLLS, or close writs, Eng(law)
Buy on close(finance)
close-run(dictionary)
close(4)(dictionary)
close(3)(dictionary)
Buy on close(money)
close(2)(dictionary)
close(1)(dictionary)
Close(money)
close-set(dictionary)

close-run (oh)



in a close-run competition, the winner succeeds by a very small distance or number of points, votes etc
::The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close-run thing (=they nearly failed) .