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close shave
close shave
close shave
A narrow escape from or avoidance of a situation, often an unfavorable or dangerous one.
I had a close shave this morning when a tractor trailer unexpectedly swerved into my lane.
See also:
close
,
shave
close shave
See:
close call
See also:
close
,
shave
close shave
and
close call
n.
a narrow escape.
The car passed this close to us—a real close call.
Man, that was a close call!
See also:
close
,
shave
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Otto
AW-to
(German)
, AH-to
(English)
, OT-to
(Finnish)
German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Viona
-
English (Rare)
Phares
-
Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Bonita
[bə'ni:tə]
Wazo
-
Ancient Germanic
Iines
EE:-nes
Finnish
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