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
Titu	-	Old Church Slavic
Chikondi	chee-KON-dee	Southern African, Chewa
KyÖSti	KUY-uus-tee	Finnish
Hyginos	-	Ancient Greek
Armison	['a:misn]
Hrodulf	-	Ancient Germanic