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narrow escape
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A barely successful flight from or avoidance of danger or trouble, as in He had a narrow escape, since the bullet came within inches of his head . This expression uses narrow in the sense of “barely sufficient.” [Late 1500s] For a newer synonym, see close call .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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