a near miss

a situation in which an accident or unpleasant situation almost happened and was only just avoided I managed to brake just in time but it was a near miss.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dermid	-	Scottish
Lieber	-	Yiddish
SzczĘSny	SHCHENS-ni	Polish
Hyledd	-	Welsh
Hyun-Woo	hyun-oo	Korean
Godofredo	go-dho-FRE-do (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese