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NARROW ESCAPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does narrow escape mean?
• NARROW ESCAPE (noun)
The noun NARROW ESCAPE has 1 sense:
1. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
Familiarity information: NARROW ESCAPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
close call; close shave; narrow escape; squeak; squeaker
Hypernyms ("narrow escape" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Context examples
Never mind what John said, or what a very narrow escape the little bonnet had from utter ruin.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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