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Close shave   /kloʊs ʃeɪv/   Listen
Close shave

noun
1.
Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.  Synonyms: close call, narrow escape, squeak, squeaker.





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"Close shave" Quotes from Famous Books



... "That was a close shave, Ned," the boy said, laughing; "if you had stooped he would have bit you on the face. What would have been the best thing to do if he had ...
— In Times of Peril • G. A. Henty


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