perilously close to
idiom
somewhat formal
: at or to a point where one is in great danger of (something happening)
The company was perilously close to bankruptcy.
She came perilously close to drowning.
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Munster’s Wilbur Wright Middle School team appeared chill during their lunch break, though some of the students veered perilously close to the comical side of trial-and-error.
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Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
One of the big questions scientists hope to answer about Mercury in the coming years is exactly what its surface is made of — and what that tells us about how the planet formed and evolved so perilously close to the sun’s heat and gravity.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
After fire came perilously close to the Getty Villa during January’s devastating Palisades fire, Times art critic Christopher Knight asked a question: Should the Getty and Getty Villa move?
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Nobody more obviously highlights that than Trent Alexander-Arnold, who the club are perilously close to losing for nothing this summer.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
One of the big questions scientists hope to answer about Mercury in the coming years is exactly what its surface is made of — and what that tells us about how the planet formed and evolved so perilously close to the sun’s heat and gravity.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
After fire came perilously close to the Getty Villa during January’s devastating Palisades fire, Times art critic Christopher Knight asked a question: Should the Getty and Getty Villa move?
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Nobody more obviously highlights that than Trent Alexander-Arnold, who the club are perilously close to losing for nothing this summer.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Perilously close to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perilously%20close%20to. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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