单词	close-run
释义	close-runclose-run /ˌkləʊs ˈrʌn◂ $ ˌkloʊs-/ adjective [only before noun] British English Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A close-run thing, Commander, a very close-run thing. All these chores, if efficiently organized, can tilt the balance in a close-run contest. Although it is a close-run thing arithmetically, there seems to be no real basis for this charge of bastardy. And with Comet Swift-Tuttle due to obliterate the Earth in August 2126, it could be a close-run thing. But it had been a very close-run thing. Now, with just one win in three matches, a close-run thing against Castleford reserves, opinions are hardening. The motion failed to obtain an absolute majority of 249 but it was a close-run thing. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► a close-run thing  The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close-run thing. 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.
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