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Definition of the day : « close shave »
- As in near : adj close by physically
- As in near miss : noun near hit
- As in cliffhanger : noun something suspenseful
- As in close call : noun narrow escape
- "That was a close shave," commented the doctor, drawing a long breath.
- Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
- Then we did the second one, though it was a close shave for the ditch.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He has got there just in time; it was, indeed, a close shave.
- Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
- But it was a close shave, and the girl's hands trembled and for a minute she dropped her oar.
- Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
- They just got out of the fire by a close shave—same as we did.
- Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
- It had been a close shave, but the fort was saved for the present.
- Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
- Even, with that, it would be a “close shave;” and it proved so.
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- "That was a close shave, Jack," the coast-guardsman who was at the helm said.
- Extract from : « A Chapter of Adventures » by G. A. Henty
- I do not like a close shave, and would not let him go over me a second time.
- Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- "It was a close shave, thanks to you," he said, repeating Philip's words.
- Extract from : « Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police » by James Oliver Curwood