English

up a close

Synonym of up a tree (“in a difficult situation”).

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    Origin

    From close (“dead-end street”).

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    • derivedEnglishclose “To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two i…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishclosen “to close, enclose”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishclusen “to close”
      • borrowedFrenchclos
        • derivedLatinclausum

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