NEAR THING
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)
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)
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