close call

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kləʊskɔːl/

Noun

close call (plural close calls)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• near shave
• narrow escape
• narrow squeak
• close shave
• close thing
• near thing

Translations

situation

• Finnish: läheltä piti -tilanne (fi)
• German: um ein Haar Davonkommen
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• Spanish: escape por los pelos m