āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
close shave
/klËÉĘs ĘËeÉĒv/
Close shave
01
āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
used for referring to a situation in which something dangerous is avoided just before it is too late for it to happen
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It was a close shave for the company, narrowly avoiding bankruptcy by securing a last-minute loan.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
