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close call |
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a close call 1. a situation where something very unpleasant or dangerous nearly happened. We managed to get out of the car before it caught fire, but we had a very close call. The business survived, but it was a close call. 2. if a competition or an election is going to be a close call, more than one person has a good chance of winning. It's going to be a close call. The vote could go either way. close call 1. something bad that almost happened. Sam had several close calls while he was learning to drive with his dad. 2. a very difficult decision. Apparently it was a close call, but after a long debate the jury convicted her. |
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Close behind him were two more--fifty yards perhaps--but the distance gave me time to snatch up the dead guardsman's shield, for the close call his hatchet had just given me had borne in upon me the urgent need I had for one. "Now we are safe," I said, "but it was a close call -- so to speak. You had a close call tonight, Rokoff; do not tempt fate a second time. |
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