close call
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close call (plural close calls)
- A situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided.
- He had a close call when a truck ran a red light and almost hit him.
- 2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club[1]:
- there will be Tom Cruise, as spy extraordinaire Ethan Hunt, running as fast as he can, jumping off cliffs and ultimately saving the day after surviving many close calls.
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situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided
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