a narrow escape

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a narrow escape

a situation in which you were lucky because you just managed to avoid danger or trouble He only just got out of the vehicle before the whole thing blew up. It was a narrow escape.

See also: escape, narrow

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Byline: Joan Burnie CONGRATULATIONS to Mr and Mrs Davy on a narrow escape for their daughter Chelsy. CHEESY CHELSY ESCAPES by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) A GIRL of 10 had a narrow escape after being tapped between a fence by a car. GIRL, 10, AGONY by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) MAN had a narrow escape when his car flipped over after it collided with traffic cones in Coventry. Driver in car flip smash by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			a ménage à trois a merchant of doom a mess of a middle-aged spread a mile a minute a mile away a mile off a millstone around neck a mind of own a mine of information a misery guts A miss is as good as a mile a mixed bag a Monday morning quarterback a money-spinner a monkey on back a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game a mummy's boy a mutual admiration society a mystery to a name to conjure with a narrow escape a near miss a necessary evil a needle in a haystack a nest egg a never-never land a new ballgame a new broom a new lease on life a New Man a nice little earner a night owl a nine-day wonder a nip and tuck a nip in the air a no-show a no-win situation A nod's as good as a wink a non sequitur a nose for a nosy parker a notch below a number cruncher a numbers game a one-hit wonder a one-horse race			A More Perfect Union a mote in eye a mote in eye a mote in eye a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game A Multi-Phase Transport Model A Multicentre Evaluation of Neuropathy in Diabetes A Multiscalar Supercomputer a mummy'mother's boy a mummy's boy A Murder of Crows A Murine Systemic Senile Amyloid A murrain on you a mutual admiration society A Mutually-Orthogonal Usercode Receiver a mystery to A N Other a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin A Naked World a name to conjure with A Name-Value Language a narrow escape a nasty bit of work a nasty bit of work a nasty piece of work a nasty piece of work a nasty taste in mouth a nasty taste in mouth a nasty taste in mouth a nasty taste in mouth a nasty taste in the mouth a nasty taste in the mouth a nasty taste in the mouth a nasty taste in the mouth A nation of shopkeepers a nativitate A Naturally Dominating Youth a near miss a near thing a near thing a near thing A Necessary Evil A Necessary Evil a needle in a haystack A Needle Pulling Thread a nest egg A Network A Network for Jewish Youth A Network of Communities of the Poor A Network of Evansville Women A Network Payment Company a never-never land

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