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heart stopper

NOUN

close call

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cliffhanger

WEAK

close shave close squeeze close thing hairbreadth escape narrow escape narrow squeak near go near miss near squeak near thing photofinish squeaker tight squeeze white-knuckler

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