close thing
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a situation in which it is equally likely to succeed or fail
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Exempel
It is expected to be a close thing in the final moments of the presidential election.
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a situation where one almost faces a danger
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No one was hurt in the accident, but it was a close thing — if the fuel tank had been hit, we all would have died.
