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Significados de close call em inglês

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Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.

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Examples for "squeak"
Examples for "squeak"
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As it happened, Oswald had a very narrow squeak indeed that night.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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James began to answer, but his voice came out as a squeak.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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Rats run around in them day and night and fight and squeak.
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
4
It lifted with a whiny squeak, obviously complaining from lack of use.
Strong, sleek and sinful
5
The wax of the crayon made a soft squeak across the paper.
The outsiders
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For Mayo, it was important to come through a squeaker on Sunday.
The Irish Times
2
We won the next game, and lost a squeaker on getaway day.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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McCloskey had been elected in a squeaker against longtime Senator Larry Reed.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
4
In this squeaker scenario, Trump owes his electoral life to white voters.
The Guardian
5
When we came this way last, when we twisted that nassty young squeaker.
The hobbit: or there and back again
1
It had been a close shave, but I had been in time.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
2
That was a close shave, having the local copper almost find him.
Evan and elle
3
We had a mighty close shave over that state line this A.M.
The City of Fire
4
We should have a close shave if anything gave way above us.
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
5
I finally give you a white mark-butit was a close shave.
A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
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Although still haughty, his voice was clearly chagrined at his narrow escape.
The adventures of button
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He had a narrow escape; the knife just grazed the spinal cord.
The Captain of the Kansas
3
The general was very much relieved, for it was a narrow escape.
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
4
Since embarking on this mission, we've had one narrow escape after another.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
5
Shortly after his adventure in the caves, Gordon had another narrow escape.
The Story of General Gordon
Uso de close call em inglês
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Analysts have said the decision is likely to be a close call.
The Irish Times
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The decision to pass on the case was not a close call.
First degree
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If it is a close call, Roberts could cast the deciding vote.
Reuters
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Shrugging them off, Smith dismissed the very close call with one word:
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
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But it will be a close call with inflation on the rise.
Reuters
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Detectives just told me you had a close call the other night.
Heat Wave
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Meanwhile, Artoo stood somewhat dazed by the shock of his close call.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
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I looked up at Mal, my heart racing from the close call.
Shadow and Bone
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But the close call in Milan could not be so easily dismissed.
Map of bones
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O, we came out all right, but it was a close call.
Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys
11
She breathed deeply at the close call, then looked around for Jondalar.
The Plains of Passage
12
The reaction to the close call might not come till hours later.
Slingshot
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He'll get well now, I think, but he had a close call.
Ted Strong in Montana / Or, With Lariat and Spur
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I don't think so, but he certainly has had a close call.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
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Another close call with some part of the truck tagging a branch.
Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
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Image: NASA The third Saturn V close call saw the return of pogo.
Wired
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