narrow escape

Noun

Meaning

something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

squeaker close shave close call squeak shocker cliffhanger near miss near thing thriller close thing spine-chiller narrow squeak white knuckle heart stopper hairbreadth escape
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Antonyms

frost failure defeat collapse disaster fail
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Hypernyms

achievement accomplishment

Examples

A family of seven had a narrow escape this afternoon after they were caught by a freak wave which dragged them out to sea. Source: Internet

As many as 30 passengers had a narrow escape after a bus en route Bengaluru from Belagavi caught fire in Karnataka during the early hours of Tuesday. Source: Internet

During the Noche Triste (June 30 – July 1, 1520), the Spaniards managed a narrow escape from Tenochtitlan across the Tlacopan causeway, while their rearguard was being massacred. Source: Internet

Sulpicius could not have failed to know the incident the Roman poet Horace recalls in several Odes, of his narrow escape from a falling tree. Source: Internet

They fought against the Bolivian Regiments "Ingavi" and "Warnes" at the outpost of Corrales on 1 January 1933, where they had a narrow escape after being outnumbered by the Bolivians. Source: Internet

He had a narrow escape from death, when in an incautious landing several of his companions were massacred by people of Seram. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

narrow ditch narrow dock narrow down narrow escape from danger narrow escape from disaster narrow fjord