close one

noun

: an escape that was almost not successful
That was a close one.

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These teams last met on July 6, with the Lynx winning a close one, 80-75. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025 Expect a close one The average margin of victory in Game 7 of an NBA Finals: 6.9 points. Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 Glastonbury had a four-run lead but lost in another close one. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025 But the Minneapolis City Council rejected the plan and proposed that the city explore another option instead: establishing a pedestrian mall that would permanently close one leg of the intersection. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for close one

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“Close one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20one. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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