close upon's Usage Examples:

As of now, the school will close upon the end of the 2019–2020 school year.

A review of the film in The Dickensian said: "It occupies close upon two hours to exhibit and is divided into six parts, telling the story.

 His broad-brimmed hat came close upon his eyes.

A safety shutoff valve should be fail-safe, that is close upon failure of any element of the input control system (such as temperature.

Camarina was first founded by the Syracusans, close upon a hundred and thirty-five years after the building of Syracuse; its founders.

The jaws close upon impact and the muscular sheaths encapsulating the venom glands contract.

[citation needed] Indeed, all of these chiefs were immediately around Agra or close upon its borders.

It is on record that he executed close upon two thousand enamels.

seated with their legs crossed in front, the toes of one foot resting close upon the knee of the other, and the right hand lying over the left in the lap.

or Lavianesine; Cataonia, in the more restricted sense, or the country close upon Cilicia surrounded by mountains; finally, Muriane or Murianune, between.

heirs male of the body lawfully begotten Subsidiary titles Baron Eliot Seat(s) Port Eliot Motto PRÆCEDENTIBUS INSTA (Press close upon those in the lead).

"Since, moreover, you are close upon Italy, you have Rome, from which there comes even into our own hands the.

holder of a hide had a tax burden equivalent to three of his oxen and close upon one-third of the annual value of his land.

example in systems containing hazardous substances, can be designed to close upon loss of power, for example by spring force.

13) also states that the town is situated close upon the river; whence Ptolemy (v.

However, in most applications "fail safe" indicates the damper will close upon loss of power thus preventing the spread of smoke and fire to other areas.

A translation into Serbian followed close upon its first publication.

That movement was so successful that close upon £48,000 was raised, and the denomination was able to pay off the debts.

I had starved with cold and hunger on that island for close upon one hundred hours.

Synonyms:

snuggled; approximate; impending; hand-to-hand; adpressed; appressed; walking; scalelike; close together; side by side; encompassing; at hand; walk-to; juxtaposed; close-set; close-hauled; impendent; immediate; nestled; next; surrounding; contiguous; close set; close at hand; distance; imminent; adjacent; enveloping; ambient; circumferent; proximate;

Antonyms:

distant; past; future; outgoing; preceding;