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close call

NOUN
  1. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

How To Use close call In A Sentence

  • Upton shot between the two of thema rather close call as far as I could telland zoomed out to catch up with me. Paradise Lost
  • Both of the world's major spacefaring nations, the United States and Russia, have had close calls and catastrophes.
  • Afterward, when he came down for his evening meal, we talked about the close call.
  • Leo has a close call on a flight to Russia, plus Gwyneth dubbs herself a lush... NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • It would be a close call between brownie cheesecake and cloudberry cheesecake … I think I have to go for cloudberry though because I can only make it when I am lucky enough to have some nice relative send me some jam … Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Pan and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites
  • To be sure, and despite some close calls, it was another banner year for Wall Street Structured Finance.
  • He left the ground via a close call with an ambulance and came very close to running over your correspondent.
  • While it's often referred to as "match-fixing," these practices are closer to influence peddling-trying to tilt the close calls in your favor. Slate Articles
  • Birmingham twice dodged those problems by good housekeeping but at times it was a close call. The Sun
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