adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.
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I was perilously close to being touched once and for all.
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In the middle of the game Kasparov, seemed perilously close to a loss.
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He was perilously close to losing control over House Republicans, especially the newly-elected class of 73 right-wing ideologues.
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Are you aware that you're getting perilously close to slander?
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But he was perilously close to the edge of the crumbling cliff.
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During the battle five Troll Slayers distinguished themselves by attacking and destroying three Trolls which were perilously close to crushing Duregar himself.
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Last season's away form led to flirting with relegation and we went perilously close .
■ VERB
come
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Wouldn't it come perilously close to desecration?
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I eventually began to suspect that their devotion to organizing things comes perilously close to an obsession.
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The result is that the synagogue, which three years ago came perilously close to closure, is now busy every week.
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In fact, at one point, Berni did come perilously close to being let out to play via a third-floor window.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But as it turned out his majority was perilously narrow.
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I eventually began to suspect that their devotion to organizing things comes perilously close to an obsession.
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I was perilously close to being touched once and for all.
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In fact, at one point, Berni did come perilously close to being let out to play via a third-floor window.
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In winter the few cars that make it up the mountains skid along the roads, perilously close to ravines.
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Our high and rising house prices rest perilously on short-term interest rates.
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Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.