1a narrowly avoided collision or other accident:she had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dykethe terrifying near miss took place at 4,500 ft
2a bomb or shot that just misses its target:he had escaped more than twenty near misses
something almost achieved:a victory in Houston and a near miss in the finals of the French Open
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Definition of near miss in the US English dictionary
