To make an onset or attack. Obsolete. to fling together: to close in fight; to engage in hand-to-hand contest.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > come to close quarters (8) to fling togetherc1300 To make an onset or attack. Obsolete. to fling together: to close in fight; to engage in hand-to-hand contest. fewterc1440 intransitive. To come together so as to fight at close quarters. Obsolete. to come to handstrokes1488 A strike or blow with the hand, or with a weapon held in the hand; frequently in to come to handstrokes: to begin hand-to-hand fighting; to come to… to come to (one's) hands (also hand)1524 to come to (one's) hands (also hand): to come to close quarters, engage in (esp. hand-to-hand) combat (with a person). Cf. at hands at phrases… to fight short1533 At close quarters, closely, tightly. to fight short: to engage in a hand to hand struggle. to ride short: to ride with a tight rein. Obsolete. buckle1535 intransitive (for reflexive). To close, come to close quarters; to grapple, engage. Const. with (an adversary); also with adverbs together, in… close1590 intransitive. To come to close quarters or to grips; to engage in hand-to-hand fight, grapple with. Said of men, armies, ships. to close in1704 To draw near to, or to advance into contact with, to come to close quarters with. Also figurative. |
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