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near

/close to (one's) heart

Loved by or important to one.

See:

• a near miss
• at hand
• be close to the bone
• be close to the mark
• be near the knuckle
• be near to impossible
• draw near
• draw near to
• far and near
• from far and near
• go near
• have a near miss
• in the near future
• longest way round is the shortest way home
• near
• near and dear to
• near and far
• near at hand
• near miss
• near post
• near the knuckle
• near the wind
• near thing
• near to impossible
• near to one's heart
• near-beer
• nearest and dearest
• not anything like
• not anywhere near
• nowhere near
• so near and yet so far