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Meanings of narrow escape in English

Spanish
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Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.

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        Usage of narrow escape in English
        1
        Although still haughty, his voice was clearly chagrined at his narrow escape.
        The adventures of button
        2
        He had a narrow escape; the knife just grazed the spinal cord.
        The Captain of the Kansas
        3
        The general was very much relieved, for it was a narrow escape.
        Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
        4
        Since embarking on this mission, we've had one narrow escape after another.
        Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
        5
        Shortly after his adventure in the caves, Gordon had another narrow escape.
        The Story of General Gordon
        6
        It scares me just to think of the narrow escape I had.
        The Saddle Boys of the Rockies; Or, Lost on Thunder Mountain
        7
        Once I had a narrow escape from being captured by the Bavarians.
        Dr. Dumany's Wife
        8
        One of the crew had a very narrow escape of being impaled.
        Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
        9
        We could not help shuddering at the thoughts of our narrow escape.
        The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1
        10
        In hunting with Sir Arnold, he had more than one narrow escape.
        Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade
        11
        Last of all, of the narrow escape he had of his life.
        The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
        12
        It was a narrow escape, and he felt it to be so.
        From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
        13
        It was a rather narrow escape, though, for the engineer, and fireman.
        The Taming of Red Butte Western
        14
        Now I had a narrow escape from letting Sylvia see this letter.
        A Hoosier Chronicle
        15
        They were all congratulating themselves on their narrow escape from possible failure.
        Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
        16
        They were a sorry looking lot after their narrow escape from death.
        The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
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        Translations for narrow escape
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        United Kingdom
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        Ireland
        Less common
        United States of America
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