nearmiss
- Part of one arm is stuck, almost a disaster
- Dashed back to protect English girl from narrow escape
- Close shave
- Reason to say "Whew!"
- Lucky escape
- Aviation almost-accident
- "Whew!" elicitor
- Young woman next door?
- This might elicit "close but no cigar"
- Subject of an FAA investigation
- Reason for relief
- Narrowly-avoided accident
- It's so-o-o-o close
- Barely avoided accident
- Almost successful shot
- "Phew!" evoker
- Close one
- "Almost"
- Close call
- *Failure by a narrow margin
- Aviation safety statistic
- Failure by a narrow margin
- Almost a direct hit
- Not quite a direct hit
- It's close but gets no cigar
- Accident narrowly avoided
- Complex seminars not quite hitting the mark
- Submarines torpedoed? U-boat's heading away - close call!
- Narrowly avoided collision
- Narrow escape from mean girl
- Narrow escape for mean young lady
- Location of teacher's pet's close call