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close shave

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close shave  (kls)
n. Informal
A narrow escape; a close call.

close shave
Noun
Informal a narrow escape
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Noun1.close shaveclose shave - something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something


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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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