Antonyms for close call
kloʊsclose call

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1. close callnoun

   Synonyms:
   close shave, narrow escape

2. close callnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   narrow escape, close shave

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1. • Accomplishment

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1. close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escapenoun

   something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

   Synonyms:
   narrow escape, close shave, squeaker, squeak

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. close call

   Synonyms:
   Near miss

How to use close call in a sentence?

1. Sarah Emily Baum:

   Almost everyone has a story or a close call like this one or knows someone with a story or close call.

2. Stephen Chiu:

   We think it is going to be a very close call, communicating the future path of interest rates is very important and the Fed would be careful not to signal any excessive tightening given global markets are still very vulnerable.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   Facebook refused to take down a fake video of Nancy Pelosi. It wasn't even a close call, the video is sexist trash.

4. Michael Zeldin:

   Mueller said' close call, here you go Congress,' maybe he intended Congress to take over because while it might not have been obstruction, it could have been abuse of power.

5. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester:

   A strategy of holding the rate constant would have been my preferred strategy at that point, but it's a close call, holding pat, depending on where the economy is, could actually be tighter policy.

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