perilous escape
Hazardous getaway attempt
A perilous escape is a getaway involving serious danger or risk.
The phrase emphasizes that the act of escaping itself was hazardous—narrow margins, close calls, mortal stakes: The refugees made a perilous escape across the mountains.
The modifier perilous distinguishes such escapes from routine or easy ones.
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- life or deathMaximally high stakes
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- narrowOf small width
harrowing · close call · treacherous · hair's breadth · chase · fugitive · breathless · cliff · darkness · pursuit · on the run · survival · scramble · brink · dash · breakout · fleeing · race against time
manner and pace of departure
perilous escapeleisurely stroll
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