WordNet
adj. close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p)]
close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impending]
Wikipedia
Close At Hand is the second EP by James McCartney, son of Paul and Linda McCartney. The EP was produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney, and released on .
McCartney said of the EP, "There is only one thing to do with high expectations, and that is meet them. I wanted to follow Available Light with something that showed a progression… that had an even deeper meaning, both spiritually and musically."
Usage examples of "close at hand".
Raymond received him with his usual kindness, consented at once, and walked with him to the Hospital, which was close at hand.
Both had scarcely disappeared than Mumps came forth from behind a hall rack which stood close at hand.
Bazil had broken the cardinal rule for battledragons: Keep dragonboy close at hand.
He heard the slight rattle and clink of metal on metal as his eight men-at-arms and Theoluf made sure their weapons were close at hand and in position for quick use.
The old pines were close at hand, the grove in which the wood nymphs danced at midnight, the place where he had first met Willow's mother.
The old pines were close at hand, the grove in which the wood nymphs danced at midnight, the place where he had first met Willow's mother&hellip.
As Stephen rode down on a fine smooth-paced dapple-grey mare he turned a towering shoulder of rock and there was the ocean before him, an enormous, magnificent sea stretching to the horizon, and beyond the horizon, if his memory served, to China, Krim Tartary and the countries beyond: but here, close at hand - relatively close at hand - was the dear Surprise, unmistakable with her towering thirty-six-gun frigate's mainmast, and accompanied, which was by no means unusual, by a prize, a moderate ship-rigged privateer, now with drooping ears and in her turn accompanied by three republican sloops.
From the look of them, they were members of Meldron's Wolf Pack-which meant that the Great Hound must be very close at hand.
Scarisbrick was ended, and the lady found that the countess and Dorothy were close at hand, she became very uneasy, and begged General Wills to set them free.