The group comprising one's closest friends or associates.
A small, exclusive group of people close to the center of power who control a movement, organization, political party, etc.
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; […]
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inner, circle.
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