A NEAR THING


Meaning of A NEAR THING in English

a situation in which you are successful, but which could also have ended badly :

Phew! That was a near thing! It could have been a disaster.

We won in the end but it was a near thing.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.