close call

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close call

1. a very difficult decision Apparently it was a close call, but after a long debate the jury convicted her.

2. something bad that almost happened close shave Sam had several close calls while he was learning to drive with his dad.

See also: call, close

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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. At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context "Now we are safe," I said, "but it was a close call -- so to speak. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context You had a close call tonight, Rokoff; do not tempt fate a second time. The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			cling together clip clip from clip on clip out of clip wings cloak cloak in secrecy cloak-and-dagger clock clock at clock in clock out clock up clock-watcher clockwork clog clog up clog with close close a deal close a sale close around close as two coats of paint close at hand close call close chewer and a tight spitter close down close down and shut down close enough for government work close enough to use the same toothpick close eyes to close in close in for the kill close off close on Close only counts in horseshoes close out close out of close ranks close shave close the books on close the door on close to close to heart close to home close to the bone close up close up shop close with Close your eyes and think of England			close around close around close around close around close as two coats of paint Close Assault Weapon System Close Assemble Employ Sustain Reconstitute close association close at hand close at hand close at hand close attention Close Battle Area Close Before Open Contact Close binary Close binary close bite close bite close bite Close borough Close Boundary Sentry close breeding close breeding close breeding Close Brothers Group, PLC Close Brothers Growth Capital Close Brothers Investment Limited Close Brothers Private Equity close by close by close call Close Captioned close chewer and a tight spitter Close Circuit Camera Close combat Close Combat Air Close Combat Anti Armor System Close Combat Anti-Armor System Close Combat Anti-Armor Task Force Close Combat Anti-Armor Weapon System Close Combat Anti-Armor Weapon Systems Close Combat Armaments Center Close Combat Attack Close Combat Badge Close Combat Heavy Close Combat Instructor Close Combat Laser Assault Weapon Close Combat Light Close Combat Light Mission Area Analysis Close Combat Missile Systems Close Combat Optic Close Combat Optic Sight Close Combat Systems Close Combat Tactical Trainer Close Combat Tactical Trainer for the 21st Century

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