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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
Narrow escape through the time
Narrow escape across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common