Synonyms for close call
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : klohs |
| Phonetic Transcription : kloʊs |
Top 10 synonyms for close call
Définition of close call
- noun narrow escape
- The reaction to the close call might not come till hours later.
- Extract from : « Slingshot » by Irving W. Lande
- They're all well now, 'cept Jake, and he'll come out all right, but we had a close call.
- Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
- “It was a close call for me, Jerry,” said Harry, with a shudder.
- Extract from : « The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview » by Ralph Bonehill
- Joel shivered, remembering the close call he had had from losing the game.
- Extract from : « Five Little Peppers at School » by Margaret Sidney
- So he learnt the trade, and then he was all right—but it was a close call.
- Extract from : « The American Claimant » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- He'd had a close call, you see, and had what Garth called a change of heart.
- Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner
- He's a goodish shot, that Navajo son of a gun; that was a close call.
- Extract from : « Lone Pine » by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
- Close call, old top, he said cheerfully to his horse, as he patted him on the neck.
- Extract from : « Mason of Bar X Ranch » by Henry Bennett
- That was a close call, said Jack, as he limped up to the others.
- Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman
- Lee had a close call too when he was pulled overboard, put in Skeets.
- Extract from : « Bobby Blake on a Plantation » by Frank A. Warner
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