close call

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close call

/kləʊs ˈkɔːl/ UK

noun close calls

A situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided. He had a close call when a truck ran a red light and almost hit him.
Similar: close shave, close thing, narrow escape, narrow squeak, near shave, near thing

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noun situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided

Español	escape por los pelos, escapada de milagro, salvada de milagro, escapatoria que estuvo demasiado cerca, salvamiento después de estar a punto de perder a
Português	escapar por um triz
Deutsch	knapp davongekommen, brenzlige Situation, brenzlige Lage
Русский	на волосок от na volosok ot

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@misc{close_call_2026,
  title = {close call},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/close%20call},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}