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close shave
close shave
close shave
A narrow escape from or avoidance of a situation, often an unfavorable or dangerous one.
I had a close shave this morning when a tractor trailer unexpectedly swerved into my lane.
See also:
close
,
shave
close shave
See:
close call
See also:
close
,
shave
close shave
and
close call
n.
a narrow escape.
The car passed this close to us—a real close call.
Man, that was a close call!
See also:
close
,
shave
Common Names:
Name
Gender
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Cian
KEE-an, KEEN
Irish, Irish Mythology
Georgina
[dʒɔ:'dʒi:nə]
Beathan
-
Scottish
Kendrick
KEN-drik
English
Mayte
-
Spanish
Anni
AHN-nee
Finnish
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