perilously close to
idiom
somewhat formal
: at or to a point where one is in great danger of (something happening)
The company was perilously close to bankruptcy.
She came perilously close to drowning.
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This instruction from the controller to the Black Hawk was critical because, at that point, the control tower had been alerted that the two aircraft were veering perilously close to each other.
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Mark Walker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Ruben Amorim has replaced Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford, but there has been little sign of a new-manager bounce and the giants of English football sit perilously close to the relegation zone.
—Darren Richman, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
In France in the 1880s, General Georges Boulanger, a trash-talking demagogue, took advantage of public disgust over scandals, economic setbacks, and military defeats and came perilously close to seizing power.
—Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
On Tuesday, the 77-year-old actor documented the flames coming perilously close to his property in several posts on X, sharing photos taken from his security cameras, according to the Daily Beast.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Mark Walker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Ruben Amorim has replaced Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford, but there has been little sign of a new-manager bounce and the giants of English football sit perilously close to the relegation zone.
—Darren Richman, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
In France in the 1880s, General Georges Boulanger, a trash-talking demagogue, took advantage of public disgust over scandals, economic setbacks, and military defeats and came perilously close to seizing power.
—Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
On Tuesday, the 77-year-old actor documented the flames coming perilously close to his property in several posts on X, sharing photos taken from his security cameras, according to the Daily Beast.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for perilously close to
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“Perilously close to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perilously%20close%20to. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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