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Free sign upThe phrase "so close to doing" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something was almost accomplished or achieved, but did not quite happen or was not quite achieved. Example: "I was so close to finishing my essay when my computer crashed."
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I was so close to doing it.
They're so close to doing that.
We are so close to doing something big and smart.
"It's so frustrating because I'm so close to doing it," Woods said.
We came to win the game and we were so close to doing it," said the Spanish coach.
But if you didn't really need outside capital to finance the growth and you didn't really need to take money off the table and you had already brought in outside leaders to lighten your load, why did you come so close to doing this? A. That's like asking me why I had the ice cream if I didn't really need it.
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So close to done!
"It's something I came so close to not doing," she told the U.K. newspaper Metro.
So far, three people either have declared plans to challenge Mr. Towns, 71, or are close to doing so.
But it has yet to come close to doing so.
They came close to doing so on several other occasions.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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