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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to near thing, such as: cliffhanger, close shave, close squeeze, close thing, hairbreadth escape, and heart stopper.
How to use near thing in a sentence
It was a near thing though, and if I had not met you as I did, we should scarcely have done it.
FRANK FAIRLEGHFRANK E. SMEDLEY"It was a near thing—a michty near thing," he admitted in the square.
AULD LICHT IDYLLSJ. M. BARRIEIt was a near thing, and Conal used his tongue pretty freely when he talked of it.
THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARDIt was a near thing for the doctor, however, and two minutes more of that grip would have done for him.
BLACK ROCKRALPH CONNORThe Duke of Wellington used to say that "In every case, the winning of a battle was always a damned near thing."
DRAKE, NELSON AND NAPOLEONWALTER RUNCIMANIt was a near thing, for she was a flier, and could do two miles to our one; but we just reached her as she went swashing by.
DANGER! AND OTHER STORIESARTHUR CONAN DOYLE"It was a near thing, that fight last night," he exclaimed in the language that Omar had taught me.
THE GREAT WHITE QUEENWILLIAM LE QUEUXIt was certainly a very near thing; my horse was extremely afraid, and exerted his utmost energies on the occasion.
THRILLING ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEAJAMES O. BRAYMANThe mist that is ever on Ma'vern Hills, even though the sun shine, maketh a near thing stand afar off.
LONG WILLFLORENCE CONVERSE"That was a very near thing for you," said the latter, as they hurried along.
LONG LIVE THE KINGGUY BOOTHBYWORDS RELATED TO NEAR THING
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