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Near miss

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  1. 1
    A miss which was nearly a hit or collision.

    "[…] two aircraft, one flying level across the field, another climbing after a missed approach, had an extremely near miss, in my estimation, less than 50 feet, before the lower pilot saw the higher aircraft and broke violently to the right in the darkness."

  2. 2
    an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided wordnet
  3. 3
    A scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster. broadly

    "In recent years there have been two fatalities and one near miss due to the inappropriate use of boom trucks."

  4. 4
    An attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark. broadly

    "Dean Chance […] wasn't crying over his near miss of a no-hitter Monday night."

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