• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The nuance is that “near miss” and “nearly miss” mean exact opposites.

    “Near miss” means it almost hits, but actually misses.

    “Nearly miss” means it almost misses, but it actually hits.

    They just messed up the phrase.