dodged a bullet
Avoided potential disaster
Dodged a bullet is the past tense of dodging a bullet, used to describe a situation where someone successfully avoided a past danger: We dodged a bullet by not going on that trip that got cancelled due to a storm.
- perilSerious threat of harm
- thankfulnessAppreciative state of mind
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- hazardSource of potential harm
relief · sigh of relief · escape · reprieve · providence · exhale · foresight · avoidance · maneuver · solace · fluke · coincidence · threat · jeopardy · close call · gratitude · chance · twist of fate
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
- reliefrelief, phew, whew, ease, easing
outcome fortune
dodged a bulletpaid the price
Suffered deserved consequences
faced the music · crashed and burned · went down in flames · bit the dust · bit the bullet
dodge, dodged, dodges, dodging, dodger, dodgers, bullet, bullets, bulleted