adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A close-run thing, Commander, a very close-run thing.
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All these chores, if efficiently organized, can tilt the balance in a close-run contest.
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Although it is a close-run thing arithmetically, there seems to be no real basis for this charge of bastardy.
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And with Comet Swift-Tuttle due to obliterate the Earth in August 2126, it could be a close-run thing.
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But it had been a very close-run thing.
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Now, with just one win in three matches, a close-run thing against Castleford reserves, opinions are hardening.
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The motion failed to obtain an absolute majority of 249 but it was a close-run thing.