NEAR THING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does near thing mean? 

• NEAR THING (noun)
  The noun NEAR THING has 1 sense:

1. something that barely avoids failure or disaster

  Familiarity information: NEAR THING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEAR THING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that barely avoids failure or disaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("near thing" is a kind of...):

avoidance; dodging; shunning; turning away (deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)