The phrase "almost goes out" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is on the verge of being extinguished or leaving but has not yet fully done so.
Example: "The candle's flame almost goes out in the draft, but it flickers back to life."
Alternatives: "nearly extinguished" or "on the verge of going out."
It almost goes out, but in certain places it keeps going and it will spread out again.
23 mins Squillaci is not covering himself in glory so far tonight, and what seems to be intended as a backpass is punted so far wide it almost goes out for a throw-in, but instead runs out of steam near the corner flag.
AmWest almost goes out of its way to cultivate rocky relations with its work force, and employee bile poisons every public interaction.
That being said, it appears to me that President Obama almost goes out of his way at sowing discord rather than negotiating agreement.
Yet under the current administration, it seems that ICE almost goes out of its way to punish educated immigrants who have been present in the country for a long period of time, cavalierly breaking up families, intact and healthy social units, for the sake of rectifying its own inept bureaucratic mistakes, or elevating petty technical violations to fatal issues of national security.
THE lights almost went out for Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" and Leonardo da Vinci's "Annunciation".
She described almost going out and killing herself". She described feeling hopeless and alone and becoming obsessed with the idea of throwing herself under a car or perhaps a train.
I always cheer for the Brits but this has had such a fireball of a journey, a little flame that almost went out when it couldn't find a distributor and now it's burning bright at the top.
The Hillsborough crowd were growing agitated as their side struggled to fashion a clear-cut opening, frustration summed up by a thrashed 30-yard effort from Johnson that almost went out for a throw-in.
