that was a close shave

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• close shave — See: CLOSE CALL …   Dictionary of American idioms

• close shave — See: CLOSE CALL …   Dictionary of American idioms

• close shave — AND close call n. a narrow escape. □ Wow, that was a close shave. □ The car passed this close to us a real close call …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• close\ shave — • close call • close 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

• a close shave — a situation in which you only just avoid something dangerous or unpleasant Phew, that was a close shave! He almost saw me …   English dictionary

• close call — or[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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• close call — or[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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shave — shave1 S3 [ʃeıv] v ↑razor, ↑shaving cream, ↑towel [: Old English; Origin: scafan] 1.) [I and T] to cut off hair very close to the skin, especially from the face, using a ↑razor ▪ He hadn t shaved for days. ▪ Brian had cu …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• A Close Shave — Infobox Film name = A Close Shave caption = Wallace and Gromit on their way to wash windows. director = Nick Park producer = Peter Lord David Sproxton | writer = Nick Park Bob Baker starring = Peter Sallis Anne Reid music = Julian Nott… …   Wikipedia

• close — vb 1 Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably. However, they may have distinctive nuances of meaning and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• close\ call — • close call • close 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 …   Словарь американских идиом