almost hit
Frequency: 7.09.9 per million words
to come very close to striking something
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- 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.