close at hand

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. close in space;
within reach (Freq. 1)
- the town is close at hand
• Syn:
at hand
• Similar to:
close
2. 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, imminent, impendent, impending
• Similar to:
close
• Derivationally related forms:
impendency (for: impendent), imminency (for: imminent), imminence (for: imminent)