da vicino

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “from close”.

Prepositional phrase

da vicino

1. from up close; at close range

   osservare da vicino ― to observe from up close

   sparare da vicino ― to shoot at close range

2. with attention to every detail; minutely
   • 2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Conoscendolo più da vicino, però, scoprii che le gaffe occasionali erano ben poca cosa rispetto ai suoi punti di forza.

     Getting to know him more minutely, however, I discovered that the occasional gaffes amounted to little when compared to his strengths.

Anagrams

• indicavo