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Meanings of narrow escape in English

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

por los
Synonyms
Examples for "squeak"
Examples for "squeak"
1
As it happened, Oswald had a very narrow squeak indeed that night.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
2
James began to answer, but his voice came out as a squeak.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
3
Rats run around in them day and night and fight and squeak.
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
4
It lifted with a whiny squeak, obviously complaining from lack of use.
Strong, sleek and sinful
5
The wax of the crayon made a soft squeak across the paper.
The outsiders
1
For Mayo, it was important to come through a squeaker on Sunday.
The Irish Times
2
We won the next game, and lost a squeaker on getaway day.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
3
McCloskey had been elected in a squeaker against longtime Senator Larry Reed.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
4
In this squeaker scenario, Trump owes his electoral life to white voters.
The Guardian
5
When we came this way last, when we twisted that nassty young squeaker.
The hobbit: or there and back again
1
Analysts have said the decision is likely to be a close call.
The Irish Times
2
The decision to pass on the case was not a close call.
First degree
3
If it is a close call, Roberts could cast the deciding vote.
Reuters
4
Shrugging them off, Smith dismissed the very close call with one word:
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
5
But it will be a close call with inflation on the rise.
Reuters
1
It had been a close shave, but I had been in time.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
2
That was a close shave, having the local copper almost find him.
Evan and elle
3
We had a mighty close shave over that state line this A.M.
The City of Fire
4
We should have a close shave if anything gave way above us.
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
5
I finally give you a white mark-butit was a close shave.
A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
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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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common