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brush with death

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brush with death
Fig. an instance of nearly dying. After a brush with death, Claire seemed more friendly and outgoing.
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Summary: A Russian pedestrian's brush with death as he tried to cross a road has been caught on CCTV.
A shocking brush with death and murder puts her among the ranks of Butch Cassidy's lawless gang, the Wild Bunch.
In December 2004, Beijing-born Jet Li and his family had a brush with death as they were in a Maldives hotel which was flooded during the tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean.
 
 
 
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