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

   something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

   Synonyms:
   narrow escape, close shave, squeaker, squeak

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1. • Accomplishment

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1. close call

   Synonyms:
   Near miss

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1. 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.

2. Tali Farhadian Weinstein:

   Many investors are grappling with hard questions about how to incorporate their values into their work. For us, this was not a close call.

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. Simon Johnsen Johnsen:

   I’m not stupid, I know the risk. And yes, it was a close call, and I could have lost my life and everything. But there is still so much work and help needed in Ukraine.