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Meanings of close friendship in English

We have no meanings for "close friendship" in our records yet.
Usage of close friendship in English
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A cat had been brought up in close friendship with a bird.
True Stories about Dogs and Cats
2
For Johnny, that did not matter where a close friendship was involved.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
3
It does not correspond to the close friendship of our two nations.
The Irish Times
4
Mrs. Lorimer abandoned it with the wisdom born of close friendship.
The Bars of Iron
5
Curiously, Palermo ultras are said to have a close friendship with Padova fans.
The Guardian
6
In this kingdom he contracted a close friendship with St. David.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
7
Over the following three months, the pair built a close friendship.
Ebony
8
The acquaintance begun that October evening soon ripened into close friendship.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
9
He has described his relationship with Melgen as a close friendship.
Reuters
10
With the Pastor, the Reverend P. D. Gurley, he formed a close friendship.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
11
By the time he and Presley split, they'd struck up a close friendship.
News.com.au
12
Don the motor mechanic forms a close friendship with Asian corner-shopkeeper Saleem Kahn.
The Guardian
13
Between Antoninus and Marcus there grew up a very close friendship.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
14
Yes, we have been on terms of close friendship for years.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
15
Would it not be a violation of the close friendship that united them?
Ticket No. "9672"
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We have all lost a giant and for many a deep close friendship.
Reuters
This collocation consists of:
Close friendship through the time
Close friendship across language varieties
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare