very close to serious injury or death The old man described his fight with the bear as a close shave.
close shave
(See a close shave)
have a close shave
Idiom(s): have a close shave AND have a close call
Theme: ESCAPE
to have a narrow escape from something dangerous. • What a close shave I had! I nearly fell off the roof when I was working there. • I almost got struck by a speeding car. It was a close shave.
SHAVE OFF
(separable) to remove hair by shaving " Michael Jordan first shaved off all of his hair when he was in his twenties."
close call|call|close|close shave|shave
n. phr. A narrow escape. That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the right!When Tim fell off his bicycle in front of a bus, it was a very close shave.
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