close at hand
English
Adverb
close at hand (comparative more close at hand, superlative most close at hand)
- Near spatially or temporally.
- As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.
- The time to board the plane was close at hand.
Further reading
- “close at hand”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “close-at-hand” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “close by/at hand” in the Collins English Dictionary