narrow escapes
Barely avoided disasters
Narrow escapes are instances of barely avoiding danger, disaster, or an undesirable outcome.
The narrowness suggests how close the margin was—a slightly different circumstance would have meant catastrophe: She's had a few narrow escapes, but her luck will run out eventually.
A narrow escape from death, capture, or ruin makes for dramatic storytelling.
- close callDisaster narrowly averted
- close shaveNarrow escape from harm
- harrowingExtremely distressing or disturbing
- squeakerBarely-won contest
- photo finishRace decided by camera
near death experience · brush with death · near misses · dodged a bullet · death-defying · rescue · by a whisker · coincidence · hair's breadth · survival · serendipity · ingenuity · resourcefulness · happenstance · last-minute · split second · alertness · miraculous
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
- thrillsroller coasters, thrill, adrenaline, skydiving, bungee jump
- anticshijinks, shenanigans, pranks, mischief, tomfoolery
- pulp fictionpulp, pulp fiction, pulp magazines, pulp novels, dime novels
narrow escapescaptures
Takes into custody
getting caught · deaths · apprehensions · doom · demise
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