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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
/ kləʊs /
noun
- informal.a narrow escape
Word History and Origins
Origin of close shave1
Idioms and Phrases
see close call .Example Sentences
It was a close shave, for only by sending them down by passenger train on that morning were they able to reach Southampton.
“That was a pretty close shave you had this afternoon, Miss Peggy,” Howard began.
The light grew faint, and in the glimmer there was a close shave at the edge of a hazardous bridge over a deep, deep ravine.
It is admitted on all hands, however, that it was a remarkably close shave.
Oh, I know; but it's one that did not end in a fine, though it was a very close shave.
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