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Near thing

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  1. 1
    A close call, a close shave, a close thing

    "The Jylland only missed running down a schooner by a few yards in the fog; it was a near thing—near enough, in fact, to allow of some shouted remarks between those on the bridge of the motorship and the man at the wheel of the schooner to be clearly heard."

  2. 2
    something that barely avoids failure or disaster wordnet

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