near miss

near miss

n.

1. A narrowly avoided collision involving two or more aircraft, ships, boats, or motor vehicles.

2. A missile strike that is extremely close to but not directly on target.

3. Something that fails by a very narrow margin: Her campaign for the Senate was a near miss.

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[Blend of near thing and miss¹.]

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near miss

Noun

1. any attempt that just fails to succeed

2. an incident in which two aircraft or vehicles narrowly avoid collision

3. a bomb or shot that does not quite hit the target

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

near miss - an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune

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Any circumstances in flight when the degree of separation between two aircraft might constitute a hazardous situation. Also called airmiss.

Translations

near miss n (= shot) → tiro casi en el blanco;

(AVIAT) → accidente evitado por muy poco

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near miss n → collision évitée de justesse;

(when aiming) → coup manqué de peu or de justesse

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near miss near n → Beinahezusammenstoß m;

that was a near miss (= shot) → das war knapp daneben

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near miss n that was a near miss → c'è mancato poco