close call

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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“Close call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close%20call. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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