lucky escape
Dodged a bullet
A lucky escape is a narrow avoidance of danger, harm, or misfortune—survival or safety achieved more by chance than skill.
The phrase emphasizes how close the outcome was to disaster: She had a lucky escape when the branch fell just after she moved.
Someone might not realize until afterward just how lucky their escape was.
- narrowOf small width
- close callDisaster narrowly averted
- close shaveNarrow escape from harm
- near missNarrowly averted incident
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
dodged a bullet · survived · miracle · near death experience · fate · relief · bullet · scraped · hair's breadth · whisker · brink · edge · accident · crash · swerve · brush · rescue · saved
- close callsclose call, near miss, close shave, nick of time, skin of teeth
- Escape Termsbreak free, get away, run away, getaway, break out
lucky escapetragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
disaster · fatal accident · catastrophe · fatality · calamity
lucky escapetragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
cautionary tale · tragic loss · untimely death · nightmare scenario · tragic accident
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