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Meanings of nowhere close in English

We have no meanings for "nowhere close" in our records yet.
Usage of nowhere close in English
1
And it is nowhere close to slowing down according to industry insiders.
The South African
2
They were nowhere close to that, prosecutors wrote in the court papers.
News.com.au
3
Gareth pounded his fists together, since St. Arles was nowhere close at hand.
The devil she knows
4
The fury came accompanied by another blaster bolt, but it was nowhere close.
Woken furies
5
This room was eight flights up from ground level, nowhere close to the water.
Burned
6
I was nowhere close to being one before, he said.
News.com.au
7
It's more tactile and is nowhere close to being as grubby a fingerprint magnet.
Independent.ie
8
But Greifeld suggested he is nowhere close to giving up.
Reuters
9
Our skill level at the time was nowhere close to what the Black requires.
Climbing Magazine
10
And yet revenue levels are nowhere close to where they were in the early noughties.
The Guardian
11
Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns are still nowhere close to being on the same page.
The South African
12
But the babies never came and are nowhere close.
The South African
13
The most populous city in the United States is nowhere close to braking to a halt.
Reuters
14
More gunfire came from the boat-panicfire, splashing wildly everywhere and mostly nowhere close to us.
Cold Days
15
As it stands, it ought to be nowhere close to being sufficient to win the game.
The Guardian
16
It was only dinnertime, nowhere close to night.
Night tides
This collocation consists of:
Nowhere close across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common