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   near miss

   noun

   • 1. a narrowly avoided collision or other accident: "she had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dyke"
   • 2. a bomb or shot that just misses its target: "he had escaped more than twenty near misses"
   • ▪ something almost achieved: "a victory in Houston and a near miss in the finals of the French Open"

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