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RELATED WORDS : at close range bell-like call bringing close together bugle call call call at call attention call attention to call back call box call center call centre call down call fire call for call forth call forwarding call girl call in call into question call it a day call it quits call loan call mark call number call off call on call on the carpet call one's bluff call option call out call the shots call the tune call to order call up call waiting close close at hand close corporation close down close in close off close order close out close quarters close set close shave close support close supporting fire close to close to the wind close together close up collect call come close conference call crank call curtain call distress call draw close function call hold close local call long-distance call mail call margin call muster call on call phone call port of call roll call salafast group for call and combat service call sick call siren call supervisor call instruction system call telephone call toll call trunk call two-note call wake-up call

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Noun close call has 1 sense

• close call(n = noun.act) close shave, narrow escape, squeak, squeaker - something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin; Array
is a kind of accomplishment, achievement

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close call

Escape

N escape, scape, avolation, elopement, flight, evasion, retreat, narrow escape, hairbreadth escape, close call, come off, impunity, loophole, path, refuse, vent, vent peg, safety valve, drawbridge, fire escape, reprieve, liberation, refugee, escaping, escaped, stolen away, fled, the bird has flown the coop.

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