have a close shave

and have a close call

Fig. to have a narrow escape from something dangerous. What a close shave I had! I nearly fell off the roof when I was working there. I almost got struck by a speeding car. It was a close shave.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
HanİFe	-	Turkish
Maximilian	mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Lowell	LO-əl	English
Aldred	['ɔ:lrid]
Halle (2)	HAL-ee	English (Modern)
Grethe	-	Danish, Norwegian