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
Dejan	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Batsheva	-	Hebrew
ZİYaeddİN	-	Turkish
Rike	REE-kə	German
Hastings	['heistiŋz]
Zillah	ZIL-ə (English)	Biblical