near miss
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Tweet 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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