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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dóbair. 1. (Treated as defective verb) It nearly happened (that). ~ dom titim; ~ go dtitfinn, gur thit , I nearly fell. ~ go mbáfaí é, he narrowly escaped drowning. An bhean a ~ a phósadh, an bhean a ~ a phósfadh , the woman he nearly married. ~ siad a mharú, they nearly killed me. ~ ! It was a near thing for him! 2. (Used substantively) Ba dhóbair go ndoirtfinn é, nár dhoirt é, I nearly spilled it. Chuaigh go dtí an ~, it was touch and go. dheachaigh ~ riamh in abar, a miss is as good as a mile.
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