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    [Noun]  | "close call" | \ ˈklōs- \


    1: a narrow escape


    Origin: 1881 ;

    [Noun]  | "close calls" 


    1: a barely successful escape from something undesirable;


      * e.g., " ... the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive "



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    [Noun]  | "close call" 


    1: a barely successful escape from something undesirable;


      * e.g., " ... the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive "



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     [ "close call" ]

    1: When something almost happens. Especially something bad, like a collision or social mishap.

      * e.g.,  ... Jerry experienced a close call when he was sailing on his boat and a strong gale knocked down his mast and missed his head by a hair. 

     [ "Close Call" ]

    1: When something bad (usually near death experiences) happens because you are doing something you shouldn't be doing.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I had about twenty close calls this past year because I have been smoking all this time. A person like me was never supposed to smoke in the first place. WTF!!!!! 

     [ "close call" ]

    1: That moment when you're pulling your pants down and sitting on a toilet at the same time, and your shit starts.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: man that was a close call, I wasn't even fully on the toilet. Guy 2: did you make a mess? Guy 1: a little bit, but at least we're in MacDonald's. 

     [ "too close to call it" ]

    1: When shits going just alright. When the event, day, situation, etc could end up good or bad. Literally "too close to call it"

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Suh du? How it's it going? 

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