as in narrow escape
a barely successful escape from something undesirable
the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
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Recent Examples of close call
On Friday, a close call occurred after an apparent breakdown in communications ultimately led to a Delta Air Lines plane taking off and T-38 jets from an Air Force flyover coming dangerously close.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
The day after the arrest, another close call happened when military jets flying to nearby Arlington National Cemetery set off a collision alarm in a Delta Air Lines plane that was taking off.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
And on the afternoon of March 28, there was a close call between a Delta Air Lines flight bound for Minneapolis which had just taken off from Reagan National, and an Air Force jet.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
On Friday, a close call occurred after an apparent breakdown in communications ultimately led to a Delta Air Lines plane taking off and T-38 jets from an Air Force flyover coming dangerously close.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
The day after the arrest, another close call happened when military jets flying to nearby Arlington National Cemetery set off a collision alarm in a Delta Air Lines plane that was taking off.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
And on the afternoon of March 28, there was a close call between a Delta Air Lines flight bound for Minneapolis which had just taken off from Reagan National, and an Air Force jet.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
On Friday, a close call occurred after an apparent breakdown in communications ultimately led to a Delta Air Lines plane taking off and T-38 jets from an Air Force flyover coming dangerously close.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for close call
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