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
Winfred	WIN-frid	English
Gerben	KHER-bən	Dutch
Wira	WEE-rah (Indonesian)	Indonesian, Malay
Ceinwen	-	Welsh
Na'im	-	Arabic
Alphonzo	al-FAHN-zo	English (Rare)