1. a situation where something very unpleasant or dangerous nearly happened.

We managed to get out of the car before it caught fire, but we had a very close call.

The business survived, but it was a close call.

2. if a competition or an election is going to be a close call, more than one person has a good chance of winning.

It's going to be a close call. The vote could go either way.

• draw on
• draw on something
• draw out
• draw someone out
• draw someone's fire
• draw something out
• draw the battle lines
• draw the line
• draw the line at
• draw the line at doing something
• draw the line at something
• draw the short straw
• draw up
• draw up something
• draw yourself up
• dreaded lurgy
• dream come true
• Dream on!
• dream on
• dream ticket
• dream up
• dream up something
• dredge up
• dredge up something
• dress down