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close shave
[ klohs ]
noun
- a narrow escape from serious danger or trouble:
We weren't hit when the truck swerved at us, but it was a close shave.
close shave
/ °ì±ôəʊ²õ /
noun
- informal.a narrow escape
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of close shave1
Idioms and Phrases
see close call .Example Sentences
Scientists at Nasa say an equally strong storm was headed at Earth in 2012 and we had “a close shave just as perilousâ€.
Kick-heavy tactics have brought some groans, close shaves against Samoa and Fiji have fuelled doubts, the loyalty to veteran performers hasn't always been popular in the stands.
But their close shaves against Samoa and Wales, won by 13 and 11 points respectively, never teetered on the razor's edge so long and perilously.
My mother also had a close shave with death.
Someone in the crowd yelled, “That’s a close shave!†when bayonets brushed inches from the face of a superior officer.
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