List of synonyms from "near hit" to synonyms from "nearlier"
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Definition of the day : « near miss »
- noun near hit
- I should be very glad to be near Miss Emma of course, and always am.'
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- I would have liked to be near Miss Desmond, as I wished to draw her out further in regard to her political principles.
- Extract from : « In Hostile Red » by Joseph Altsheler
- That seat behind the new little girl was the only vacant one in the room located at all near Miss Brown's desk.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
- Near Miss Dayton's home a fine private school had been opened, which offered every advantage for girls of Randy's age.
- Extract from : « Randy and Her Friends » by Amy Brooks
- Sometimes—after, say, a near miss on the polo field—he would wonder how polite and dignified the great old days actually had been.
- Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
- She was too angry to notice how near Miss Campbell and Elinor were sitting to the open door.
- Extract from : « The Motor Maids Across the Continent » by Katherine Stokes
- Years back, an Invader bomber had scored a near miss on the building, and minor damage to stonework was unrepaired.
- Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker
- For that reason I should like to come back here to school next year and be near Miss North.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs