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Is "little close there" an idiom? What does it mean?

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Rebecca

"Little close there" is related to the idiom, "that was a close one." This idiom means that you were very close to having something bad or dangerous happen but you managed to stop it from happening. So "a little close there" in this case is another way to say this idiom. Ex: Whoa, that was close. We almost hit that deer with our car! Ex: I almost bumped into my ex-boyfriend. That was a close one! Ex: That was little close there, wasn't it?

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