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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

close only counts in horseshoes en · X

Etymology

Referring to the game of horseshoes.

Meanings

  1. Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.

Forms

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close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades alternative lexicographic
close only counts in horseshoes and darts alternative lexicographic

Relateds

close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades

Synonyms

a miss is as good as a mile · nearly never bulled a cow