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narrow escape
noun as in cliffhanger
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in close call
noun as in near miss
Example Sentences
As absurd as it may sound in the wake of such a narrow escape, the really tough political fights still lie ahead.
I knew then that Owen had had a narrow escape, and but for the fleetness of foot of Evan he would surely have been slain.
So we had a narrow escape, thought I; these fellows would have attacked us, I doubt not, had we not gone on that night.
After his narrow escape, Rory was soon at the head of a band, and burning villages as busily as ever.
When he picked up a piece as large as a saucer beside my pillow, I realized my narrow escape.
The next day quite a number of the garrison were killed or wounded, and Colonel Smith himself had a narrow escape.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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