Finished near parson Alden, doctor, in confrontational manner (2,5,3,8)

I believe the answer is:

up close and personal

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'finished near parson alden doctor in confrontational manner' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'near parson alden doctor in confrontational manner' is the wordplay.
'near' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in confrontational manner' becomes 'upclose' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'parson'+'alden'='parsonalden'
'parsonalden' anagrammed gives 'andpersonal'.
'andpersonal' put after 'upclose' is 'UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL'.

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