"close call" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kləʊskɔːl/ Forms: close calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} close call (plural close calls)
  1. A situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided. Synonyms: close shave, close thing, narrow escape, narrow squeak, near shave, near thing Translations (situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided): escapar por um triz (Portuguese), на волосок от (na volosok ot) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-close_call-en-noun-j-rO-IEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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