close call

close call
a close shave & a close call
a narrow escape. (See also have a close shave.) •

Wow, that was a close shave. I thought the guard would spot us.

The speeding car passed only a few inches from us—a real close call.

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or[shave] {n. phr.} A narrow escape. * /That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the right!/ * /When Tim fell off his bicycle in front of a bus, it was a very close shave./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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