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near thing

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near thing
n.
Something that barely succeeds or nearly ends in failure or disaster.
near thing
n
Informal an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc.
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Noun1.near thing - something that barely avoids failure or disaster
avoidance, shunning, turning away, dodging - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening


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But little Fyne, as I spied him next morning (out of the carriage window) speeding along the platform, looked very much like a common, flustered mortal who has made a very near thing of catching his train: the starting wild eyes, the tense and excited face, the distracted gait, all the common symptoms were there, rendered more impressive by his native solemnity which flapped about him like a disordered garment.
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