near thing

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noun

informal an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
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Words nearby near thing

near miss, near money, near point, near real-time, near rhyme, near thing, near to one's heart, near-, near-death experience, near-earth object, near-infrared radiation
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Words related to near thing

cliffhanger, squeaker

Idioms and Phrases with near thing

near thing

Something just barely effected, as in That election was a near thing—he won by a handful of votes. [Mid-1700s]

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