close-knit family

collocation in English

meaningsofclose-knitandfamily

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close-knit
adjective
uk
/ˌkləʊsˈnɪt/us
/ˌkloʊsˈnɪt/
If a group of people are close-knit, they all help and support ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofclose-knitandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am sure that as people watch the debate they will realise that we are aclose-knitfamily.
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He was also a husband and a father, a member of a very charming and veryclose-knitfamily.
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Often, inclose-knitfamilybusinesses, there are no stand-offs.
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We always admireclose-knitfamilyties.
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The same view will be taken where a claimant is looking after the child of a relative, since we recognise that this is often a feature of aclose-knitfamily.
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That pride he shared with hisclose-knitfamilyand many friends, and when he was selected for parachute training by the royals he could not contain his excitement.
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As a result,close-knitfamilystructures, once a necessity for survival, become increasingly a matter of choice, replacing communities of necessity with elective affinities.
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But this created a major problem in theclose-knitfamily.
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She comes from aclose-knitfamily, and remains close to her parents, two sisters and a brother.
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With their young parents, they are a happy andclose-knitfamily.
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Her experiences with her large,close-knitfamilybecame the building blocks for her unique perspective on life and contributed to her vivacious and endearing personality.
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Paromita credits her interest in space and engineering to her brother and her determination and hard work to her veryclose-knitfamily.
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They are aclose-knitfamilyliving a happy life, setting an example for the entire village.
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Northern residents live inclose-knitfamilygroups known as pods that frequently split in subpods during the winter months and feed only on fish.
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Land ownership ties families together into clans, and grandparents, parents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, and cousins form extended,close-knitfamilygroups, and gatherings tend to become big events.
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Edgar was always an outcast, but here hisclose-knitfamilyhave drifted apart.
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Various scandals and hardships were thrown at the character and her family, which she stoically battled through in order to keep theclose-knitfamilythat she presided over, together.
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Martin loved to perform for herclose-knitfamily.
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These close-knit families have allowed financially sensitive information to be kept within the local community, with many transactions kept within trusted family networks.
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