Shadowed, holding gun, and got dangerously close (9)

I believe the answer is:

tailgated

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'got dangerously close' is the definition.
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'shadowed holding gun' is the wordplay.
'shadowed' becomes 'tailed' (tailing is a kind of shadowing).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gun' becomes 'gat' (gat is a kind of gun).
'tailed' placed around 'gat' is 'TAILGATED'.

'and' is the link.

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