〜ところだった

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V-辞書形 ＋ ところだった

Expresses something that almost happened but in the end did not, usually something undesirable, with the speaker feeling relieved. Often used with もう少しで／危うく. Differs from 〜そうになった (similar, but stresses the state of being about to happen).