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Near miss   /nɪr mɪs/   Listen
Near miss

noun
1.
An accidental collision that is narrowly avoided.





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"Near miss" Quotes from Famous Books



... new names had now come; numbers of the audience went forward to sign the Total Abstinence Pledge. There was one worthy woman, a widow, sitting near Miss Patsey, whose only son had, during the last year or two, fallen into habits of intemperance; his attention had quite lately been attracted to the Temperance Societies, he had read their publications, had been struck by a short speech ...
— Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper
... statement, are unanimous in asserting that he was a man of a sober and scientific turn of mind, absolutely devoid of imagination, and most unlikely to invent any abnormal series of events. The paper was contained in an envelope, which was docketed, "A Short Account of the Circumstances which occurred near Miss Allerton's Farm in North-West Derbyshire in the Spring of Last Year." The envelope was sealed, and on the other side ...
— The Last Galley Impressions and Tales - Impressions and Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle


Words linked to "Near miss" :   misadventure, mishap, mischance


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