"close shave" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: close shaves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} close shave (plural close shaves)
  1. A shave that is very short or near the skin. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: close call, close thing, narrow escape, narrow squeak, near shave, near thing Related terms: by a hair's breadth
    Sense id: en-close_shave-en-noun-w7iTgwPH Disambiguation of Hair: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14
  2. (figuratively) A near accident or mishap; a dangerous or risky encounter or incident. Tags: figuratively Translations (near accident or mishap): läheltä piti -tilanne (Finnish), um ein Haar Davonkommen (German), (egy) hajszálon múlik/múlt/múlott (Hungarian), épp/éppen hogy/csak megússza/megúszta (Hungarian), meleg helyzet (Hungarian), nestenulykke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nære på (Norwegian Bokmål), but see mało brakowało (Polish), było blisko (Polish), o mały włos (Polish), o chlp (Slovak), escape por los pelos [masculine] (Spanish), nära ögat (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-close_shave-en-noun-u02OYKnN Disambiguation of 'near accident or mishap': 17 83

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "word": "läheltä piti -tilanne"
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          "word": "um ein Haar Davonkommen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "läheltä piti -tilanne"
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "um ein Haar Davonkommen"
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "(egy) hajszálon múlik/múlt/múlott"
    },
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "épp/éppen hogy/csak megússza/megúszta"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "meleg helyzet"
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      "word": "nestenulykke"
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "nære på"
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "but see mało brakowało"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "było blisko"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "o mały włos"
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
      "word": "o chlp"
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      "sense": "near accident or mishap",
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      "word": "escape por los pelos"
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      "word": "nära ögat"
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  "word": "close shave"
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