You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.    From LearnThat.org.  [Norman Schwarzkopf]

Whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Come closer, my dear!.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

When laypeople use the word, "hypothesis" is the term closer to what they actually mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blah, Blah! Technology] Reference

While the term closer-by-committee terrifies any baseball fan, it looks to be the case for the Ex-Yankees without a clear cut favorite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The LoHud Yankees Blog] Reference

The summer will tell us if he further admits those mistakes, by bringing in a true squad striker who can bring the title closer to Anfield.    From Wordnik.com.  [CaughtOffside.com] Reference

'' Becoming a closer is a maturing process, '' Miller says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summing up the first 30 days] Reference

The secret to Trevor Hoffman's success as a closer is as much preparation.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - National League West] Reference

Right-aligned labels are good because it makes the label closer to its field.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

All swear by Ripi's technique, which she described as closer traditional Chinese methods.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

He brought the coin closer to a lantern and squinted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unicorn Trade]

I am ashamed to admit we did not maintain closer ties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rickman, Dwight G.] Reference

Ever closer is the motto, this was what we always planned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Death Of The Nation] Reference

QUESTION: You got the name closer to the 7th than the 9th?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2008] Reference

David held Margie back as Ginny crowded in closer to Allie.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM] Reference

He moved in closer this time, still staring at the other end.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Have and To Hold Chapter 34] Reference

I see Jepsen as the future and long term closer of the Angels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference

The dogs, bristling and growling, drew in closer to the firelight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where the Trail Forks] Reference

Why, any farther away and ya'll start gettin 'closer to somethin' else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Silence] Reference

Chris lifted one thigh and put it over Myra's, pushing in closer to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA THE WRITER] Reference

I made five exposures, working closer and closer from the same direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

These mortgages actually have a real term closer to 18 months to 2 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

We were knitting ourselves together in closer confidence in his decisions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martyred President: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.] Reference

Go to the version on their site so you can zoom in closer on all the cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Visualizing Inflation As A Pile Of Mold - The Consumerist] Reference

Those who come later can hopefully operate in closer contact with each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [18 Lessons] Reference

The committee is not spending heavily on ads as it is in closer races elsewhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christine O'Donnell: GOP Establishment Isn't Giving Me Enough Help] Reference

He tried to jerk the weapon away from her, but she came in closer and clung to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unexpected] Reference

This has put liberals and libertarians in closer alignment – we have a common opponent.    From Wordnik.com.  [I’m Obsessed With You Because You’re Irrelevant] Reference

To keep in closer touch with customers, Qian Hu began selling pet supplies and opening stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swimming Upstream] Reference

As we drew in closer, they fired a volley from their revolvers, and we retreated beyond range.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Raid On The Oyster Pirates] Reference

CROWLEY: In a Sunday night speech he called the closer, Lieberman reached out to his lost voters.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2006] Reference

Also, despite being father away from the US most of them are in closer contact and return more often.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Open Proposal] Reference

As Toronto's representative, I will press for more resources to bring police in closer to the community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayoral Debate] Reference

Schrödinger's theory, which have been in closer agreement with experience than the older theories were.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 and 1933 - Presentation Speech] Reference

But to examine in closer detail the individual relief schemes would not give us any deeper insight into its significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Peace Prize 1947 - Presentation Speech] Reference

My mother stepped in closer to me and said, "Unlike most artists, Harp Spillman doesn't hold his thumb up to the work in progress.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Director's Cut] Reference

Then someone said that there was a body up front and we moved in closer to see the limbs of a small child limp on the sacks of rice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tour of Duty] Reference