close shave

It was a close shave, for only by sending them down by passenger train on that morning were they able to reach Southampton.

“That was a pretty close shave you had this afternoon, Miss Peggy,” Howard began.

The light grew faint, and in the glimmer there was a close shave at the edge of a hazardous bridge over a deep, deep ravine.

It is admitted on all hands, however, that it was a remarkably close shave.

Oh, I know; but it's one that did not end in a fine, though it was a very close shave.