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close shave Noun Informal a narrow escape
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| "A close shave," thought De Vac, as he again took up the child and prepared to gain the dock. I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime. "I say, old man, that was a close shave," said the manager, pawing him over to see if he had been hit. |
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close shave - something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin