that was a narrow escape
1narrow escape — {n. phr.} An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. * /If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!/ …
2narrow escape — {n. phr.} An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. * /If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!/ …
3narrow\ escape — n. phr. An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm! …
4escape — I UK [ɪˈskeɪp] / US verb Word forms escape : present tense I/you/we/they escape he/she/it escapes present participle escaping past tense escaped past participle escaped *** 1) [intransitive] to get away from a place where you are in danger Three… …
5escape — es|cape1 [ ı skeıp ] verb *** ▸ 1 get away from something bad ▸ 2 avoid something unpleasant ▸ 3 come out by accident ▸ 4 not remember/notice ▸ 5 go away on vacation ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to get away from a place where you are in danger:… …
6narrow — nar|row1 W2S3 [ˈnærəu US rou] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not wide)¦ 2 narrow escape 3 narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc 4¦(ideas/attitudes)¦ 5 narrow sense/definition 6¦(limited)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: nearu] 1.) ¦(NOT WIDE)¦ …
7escape — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 getting away from a place ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ successful ▪ great ▪ one of the greatest escapes of all time ▪ daring …
8narrow — [[t]næ̱roʊ[/t]] ♦♦ narrower, narrowest, narrows, narrowing, narrowed 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is narrow measures a very small distance from one side to the other, especially compared to its length or height. ...through the town s narrow… …
9escape — [[t]ɪske͟ɪp[/t]] ♦♦ escapes, escaping, escaped 1) VERB: no passive If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. [V from n] A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England... [V to n] They are reported to have escaped to …
10escape — es|cape1 W2S3 [ıˈskeıp] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(person/place)¦ 2¦(danger)¦ 3¦(avoid)¦ 4¦(gas/liquid etc)¦ 5¦(sound)¦ 6 escape somebody s attention/notice 7 the name/date/title etc escapes somebody 8 there s no escaping (the fact) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; …
