close call Synonyms

close shave narrow escape narrow squeak squeak squeaker near thing near shave close thing close lapse closely fought contest closest encounter close competition something that almost didn't happen nearly death almost achieved nearly crash near mistake closest miss closest pass almost accomplished almost accident adjacent meeting nearly win nearly made it nearly fatal blow line ended in a photo finish between have a near hit near incident narrow shave narrow save close squeeze near go hairbreadth escape near hit brink of death lucky escape near-death experience near miss near squeak borderline beat narrow escape from disaster narrow escape from danger have a near thing dodged bullet closest call nasty moment narrow miss near escape knife-edge