run somebody close
run someone a close second
run a close second

At any rate he heard me running close to him, and came like a devil of the black night.

Investment has been running at almost a $2 billion annual rate, close to a record.

We're running pretty close to chaos as it is, and we couldn't take more.

Dinner for two may run close to $80, plus drinks.

My position had them trapped: they couldn't leave without running close to me.

If the color of your urine runs close to clear, you're getting enough.

In the early days, that often meant running close to the wire.

To the west the river runs close to the keep.

Running close to the time - uses too much energy.

The first $200 million would come from state aid, which has run close to that sum the last five years.