| 单词 | near go |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnear go near go n. colloquial a situation in which disaster, danger, etc., is narrowly avoided; a close shave; (later also) a situation in which a favourable or successful outcome is narrowly missed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > narrow rub and go1790 touch and go1816 squeak1822 near go1826 close shave1834 a near (also close) toucher1844 squeeze1848 near-run thing1860 close call1881 1826 Sporting Mag. Apr. 375/1 From the discoloration that afterwards appeared on the vertebrae of the neck, it was evident that it was ‘a near go’. 1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 15 Which..would have been a near go for his neck. 1917 P. MacGill Brown Brethren xiv. 184 A bullet swept past Bowdy's head... But he was unharmed. ‘Blow me blind..if that wasn't a near go.’ 1990 Q. Jrnl. Forestry 84 191 The worker who..saw how near I was to falling said, ‘by Jove! That was a near go, wasn't it?’ 2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 June 1 After seven months of waiting..and..after several near goes we are finally doing it. < as lemmas |
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