almost hit

Frequency: 7.09.9 per million words

to come very close to striking something

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Examples (10)

  • A taxi almost hit him as he was crossing the street.
  • The falling branch almost hit my car during the storm.
  • I swerved just in time and almost hit the guardrail.
  • The baseball almost hit a spectator in the front row.
  • Did you see that? The cyclist almost hit a pedestrian!
  • He realized he had almost hit the same pothole twice in one week.
  • While backing out of the driveway, she almost hit the neighbor's cat.
  • The Frisbee spun out of control and almost hit me in the head.
  • You will almost hit the ceiling light if you're not careful with that ladder.
  • The child was almost hit by a speeding car, but a bystander pulled him back.