Close call
Close call noun - A barely successful escape from something undesirable.
Usage example: the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
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Synonyms for Close call
Near miss is a synonym for close call in narrow escape topic. In some cases you can use "Near miss" instead a noun phrase "Close call".
Near miss
Near miss noun - A barely successful escape from something undesirable.
Usage example: a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving
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Synonyms for Near miss
Close call is a synonym for near miss in close thing topic. You can use "Close call" instead a noun phrase "Near miss", if it concerns topics such as near hit.
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Related pairs
- lam and close call
- lam and near miss
- close shave and close call
- close shave and near miss
- squeaker and close call
- squeaker and near miss
- narrow escape and close call
- narrow escape and near miss
- getaway and close call
- getaway and near miss
- tight squeeze and close call
- tight squeeze and near miss
- near thing and close call
- near thing and near miss
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