'close quarters' definitions:
Definition of 'close quarters'
(from WordNet)
noun
A situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something
Definition of 'close quarters'
From: GCIDE
- Close-fights \Close"-fights`\, n. pl. (Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]