"das war knapp" in English Das war knapp! That was a close call! Das war knapp. That was a close shave. Detailed translations for "das war knapp" Das war knapp! Das war knapp! That was a close call! Das war knapp. Das war knapp.(also: Das wäre fast schiefgegangen.) That was a close shave. Das war knapp. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review - That was a close shave.