Definitions from Wiktionary (near miss)

▸ noun:  A miss which was nearly a hit or collision.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster.
▸ noun:  (by extension) An attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark.






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