a barely successful escape from something undesirablethe doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
close shave, near miss
squeaker
hairbreadth escape, narrow escape, near escape
misfire
in 1881
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