"up a close" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From close (“dead-end street”).",
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        "Synonym of up a tree (“in a difficult situation”)"
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        "(Scotland, informal, archaic) Synonym of up a tree (“in a difficult situation”)"
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  ],
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