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near miss definition

near miss

  1. a shell, aerial bomb, etc. that does not score a direct hit on the target but comes close enough to inflict some damage
  2. any result that is nearly but not quite successful
  3. a narrowly averted collision; a near escape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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