CLOSE SHAVE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does close shave mean? 

• CLOSE SHAVE (noun)
  The noun CLOSE SHAVE has 1 sense:

1. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

  Familiarity information: CLOSE SHAVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSE SHAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

close call; close shave; narrow escape; squeak; squeaker

Hypernyms ("close shave" is a kind of...):

accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)

 Context examples 

You're doing well, my friend, he said to the fellow with the bandaged head, and if ever any person had a close shave, it was you; your head must be as hard as iron. Well, George, how goes it?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)