close call

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊs ˈkɔːl/

Noun

close call (plural close calls)

1. A situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided.

   He had a close call when a truck ran a red light and almost hit him.

   • 2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club‎:

     there will be Tom Cruise, as spy extraordinaire Ethan Hunt, running as fast as he can, jumping off cliffs and ultimately saving the day after surviving many close calls.

Synonyms

• close shave
• close thing
• narrow escape
• narrow squeak
• near shave
• near thing

Translations

situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided

German: knapp davongekommen Portuguese: escapar por um triz Russian: на волосок от (na volosok ot) Spanish: escape por los pelos m, escapada de milagro f, salvada de milagro f, escapatoria que estuvo demasiado cerca f, salvamiento después de estar a punto de perder a f