cheating death
Dodging the reaper
Cheating death means narrowly escaping a situation that should have been fatal.
The phrase frames mortality as an opponent who can be outwitted or outmaneuvered: He's cheated death so many times I'm starting to think he's immortal.
Someone who cheats death survives against the odds—a near-miss accident, a terminal diagnosis defied, a last-second rescue.
- outwitBeat through superior cunning
- survival instinctInborn drive to live
- close callDisaster narrowly averted
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- escapeFlight from captivity
survival · beat the odds · miracle · bravery · adversity · resilience · peril · guardian angel · providence · narrow escape · lucky escape · mortality · nine lives · longevity · risk-taking · borrowed time · tempting fate · elude
- Risk-Takingplaying with fire, rolling the dice, taking chances, living on the edge, going for broke
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
- impossibilitiessquare circle, squared circle, perpetual motion, dividing by zero, logical paradox
cheating deathdying
Ceasing to live
succumbing · perishing · passing away · expiring · falling victim
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