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
Hannie	HAHN-nee	Dutch
Odovacar	o-do-VAY-kər (English)	Ancient Germanic
Tenney	-	Medieval English
Giovanni	jo-VAHN-nee	Italian
Grega	-	Slovene
Einion	-	Welsh