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close shave
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''This article is about the a cappella quartet. See A Close Shave for the half-hour short featuring Wallace and Gromit. Also see Near miss (safety) for a description of the terms "close call" or "close shave". Close Shave is one of Australia's longest serving ...
WordNet
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n. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: close call , squeak , squeaker , narrow escape ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A shave that is very short or near the skin. 2 (context idiomatic English) A near accident or mishap; a dangerous or risky encounter or incident.
Usage examples of close shave.
With a close shave and a few changes in costume, you could pass for an Egyptian merchant.
I slid out, happy with the sense of a close shave and a mighty deliverance.
Had never been able to get out of the old Guards' habit of a good close shave every day, no matter what the situation.
And last winter Arlec Byce had spent Godsfest with pig lard slathered over his face because he'd ridden out to the Oldwood within an hour of taking a close shave.