Related Words for close shave

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close call
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Phrase, Noun
narrow escape
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Phrase, Noun
squeak
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Noun, Noun, Verb
razor
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Noun
safety razor
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Phrase, Noun
brush cut
//
Phrase, Noun
undercut
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Adjective
straight razor
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Phrase, Noun
crew cut
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Phrase, Noun
goatee
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Noun
scissor
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Noun
shaving brush
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Phrase, Noun
hairdo
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Noun
crop
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Noun
sharp
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Adjective
paring
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Noun
fade
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Noun
haircut
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Noun
slice
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Noun
strap
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Noun
strip
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Noun
ribbon
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Noun
razor wire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
clippers
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Noun
razor strop
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Phrase, Noun
clip
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Noun
trimming
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Verb
soul patch
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Phrase, Noun
sheath knife
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Phrase, Noun
bowl
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Noun
shearing
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Noun
short
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Adjective
cutoff
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Noun
sheath
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Noun
foil
/
Noun
handlebar moustache
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Phrase, Noun
bikini
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Noun
barber chair
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
shank
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Noun
bikini wax
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Phrase, Noun
washcloth
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Noun
coif
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Noun
blunt
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Name
plough
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Noun
slicker
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Noun
tapering
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Verb
scabbard
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Noun
hairline
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Noun
sheer
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Adjective
edges
/x
Noun
slash
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Noun
scrub
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Noun
crop top
//
Phrase, Noun
snip
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Noun
shoestring
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Noun
film
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Noun
fillet
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Noun
cuff
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Noun
hairbrush
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Noun
washing
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Noun
cutaway
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Noun
leaf
/
Noun
shroud
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Noun
fuzzy
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Noun
pinking shears
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Phrase, Noun
peeling
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Verb
shred
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Noun
kink
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Noun
abandonment
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Noun
about
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Adverb, Adjective
acclimation
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Noun
acclimatization
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Noun
accurate
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Adjective
adaption
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Noun
address
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Noun, Verb
adjacent
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Adjective, Noun
adjoining
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Adjective
adjournment
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Noun
afore
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Adverb
airless
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Adjective
akin
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Adjective, Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
amalgamation
xxx/x
Noun
ambient
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Adjective, Noun
amble
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Verb, Noun
anaesthetic
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Noun, Adjective
anglo
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Name
anneal
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Noun, Verb
approach
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Noun, Verb
approximate
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Adjective, Verb
around
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Adverb, Adjective
at hand
//
Phrase
attention
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Noun
attentive
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Adjective
away
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bang
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
barber
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Noun, Verb
beard
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Noun, Verb
beginning
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Noun, Adjective
behind
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
beside
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Adverb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
block
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Noun, Verb
boon
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Noun, Adjective
bosom
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
breath
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
bridge
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Noun, Verb
brink
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Noun
bristly
/x
Adjective
brotherly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
bumpy
/x
Adjective
burma
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Name
burned
/
Adjective
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
careful
/x
Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
categorize
/xxx
Verb
cease
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Verb, Noun
chummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
classify
/xx
Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close at hand
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Phrase, Adverb
closeout
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
coda
/x
Noun
collegial
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Adjective
come together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
coming
/x
Noun, Adjective
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complete
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
concise
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Adjective, Verb
conclude
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Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
confidential
xx/x
Adjective
confined
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Adjective
constrictive
x/x
Adjective
consummation
xx/x
Noun
contiguous
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Adjective
convergence
x/x
Noun
cordial
/x
Adjective, Noun
cover
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cramped
/
Adjective
cream
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
culmination
xx/x
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
damaged
/x
Adjective
dear
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
delete
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Verb, Noun
dense
/
Adjective, Noun
detailed
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Adjective, Noun
direct
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismiss
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Verb
dissolve
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Verb, Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
dive
/
Noun, Verb
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
downstream
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eliminate
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Verb
enclose
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Verb
encompassing
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Adjective
end
/
Noun, Verb
enhanced
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Adjective
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
enveloping
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Verb
epilogue
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Noun, Verb
equal
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
evaporator
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Noun
exact
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Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expiry
x/x
Noun
extensive
x/x
Adjective
face
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Noun, Verb
faithful
/x
Adjective, Noun
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
family
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Noun, Adjective
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
farm
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Noun, Verb
farmhouse
/x
Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fastener
/xx
Noun
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
fin
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Noun, Verb
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finale
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Noun
finalize
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Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finis
/x
Noun
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flatten
/x
Verb
fleece
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Noun, Verb
flick
/
Noun, Verb
flour
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Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fold
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Noun, Verb
foreseeable
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Adjective
forthcoming
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Adjective, Noun
fraternal
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Adjective, Noun
frequent
/x
Adjective, Verb
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
good
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
great
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb