a near miss



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.
See also: miss, near

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eukene-Basque
JijeeKorean (Rare)
A&Eth;AlbjÖRg-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Nagendra-Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
AristotleAR-ə-stah-təl (English), ER-ə-stah-təl (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
DoraDAWR-ə (English), DO-rah (Croatian, Serbian)English, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian