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close shave |
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a close shave See: close calla situation where something unpleasant or dangerous nearly happened. I had a close shave when a tree fell just where I had been standing. See also: close close shave See also: close |
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"A close shave," thought De Vac, as he again took up the child and prepared to gain the dock. I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime. "I say, old man, that was a close shave," said the manager, pawing him over to see if he had been hit. |
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