near miss (English, noun)
expansion: near miss (plural near misses)
Senses:
glosses: A miss which was nearly a hit or collision.
glosses: A scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster.
tags: broadly
glosses: An attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: near misses
tags: plural
form: near-miss
tags: alternative