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Where teacher's pet is? That’s close to bull! (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

near miss

This clue could be a double definition.

'where teacher's pet is?' is the first definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'that's close to bull' is the second definition.
(shot close to a bullseye)

(Other definitions for near miss that I've seen before include "not a success" , "meeting thankfully avoided" , "Close thing" , "narrowly averted disaster" , "girl next door" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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