| − | # {{idiomatic}} The closest of friends of a person. There can be subsets to an inner circle, for example, the apex, the core and the outer rim. | + | # {{idiomatic}} The closest of friends of a person. |
| | #* {{quote-book|passage=It was upon his return to London that Bok learned, through the confidence of a member of the British "'''inner circle'''," the amazing news that the war was practically over: that Bulgaria had capitulated and was suing for peace; ...|author=Edward W. Bok|title=[[S:The Americanization of Edward Bok/Chapter 35|The Americanization of Edward Bok]]|year=1921}} | | #* {{quote-book|passage=It was upon his return to London that Bok learned, through the confidence of a member of the British "'''inner circle'''," the amazing news that the war was practically over: that Bulgaria had capitulated and was suing for peace; ...|author=Edward W. Bok|title=[[S:The Americanization of Edward Bok/Chapter 35|The Americanization of Edward Bok]]|year=1921}} |