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.

Examples of perilously close to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Moscow has also had a breakout across Zaporizhzhia region, using armor and moving its forces perilously close to Zaporizhzhia city, taking, again, open and flat territory that will remain vulnerable during winter. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025

The world is now perilously close to breaching 1.5°C of warming, the line between dangerous and catastrophic change. —Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

First, however, the rock star has to come perilously close to hitting rock bottom. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025

Unlike the previous injuries, Indiana hadn’t yet figured out its new rotation, and the season felt perilously close to slipping away. —Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for perilously close to

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