[eddie willers]

I like what a freeper said on another thread

A near miss is called a collision.

[Mr. K]

You can miss by a little, or miss by a lot.

A ‘near miss’ is missing by a little

[tumblindice]

Near *hit*. Unless air travel is horseshoes & hand grenades.

[Fear The People]

...or as George Carlin would have said, “A near HIT!”