KK45

Other words for a narrow escape: “That time, he really had a ________.”

CLOSE CALL 651
CLOSE SHAVE 201
CLOSE ONE 88
TIGHT SQUEEZE 40
NARROW SQUEAK 28
SQUEAKER 16
NARROW ESCAPE 14
TIGHT SQUEAK 14
CLOSE SQUEAK 10
NR 7
SQUEAK 6
GOT BY BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH 5
BRUSH WITH DEATH 4
CLOSE SQUEEZE 4
LUCKY BREAK 4
BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH 3
MADE IT BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH 3
NEAR MISS 3
SCARE 3
SQUEEZE 3
BREAK 2
CLOSE BRUSH 2
CLOSE ESCAPE 2
CLOSE SCRAPE 2
GOT OFF BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH 2
HAIR RAISER 2
NARROW CHANCE 2
NARROW RISK 2
NARROW SCRAPE 2
SCARE OF HIS LIFE 2
SQUEAK-THROUGH 2
TIGHT ONE 2
BARELY MADE IT BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH 1
CLOSE CALLING 1
CLOSE DODGE 1
CLOST ONE 1
DILLY 1
DINGER 1
DREW IT FINE 1
ESCAPE BY THE SKIN OF THE TEETH 1
GOT BY ON THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH 1
GOT OFF BY THE SLACK OF HIS BRITCHES 1
HAIR’S BREAD 1
HARD TIME 1
HARD WAY TO GO 1
JUST BARE MADE IT 1
JUST BARELY ESCAPED 1
JUST DIDN’T MISS IT 1
JUST SQUEAKED THROUGH 1
JUST SQUEEZED THROUGH 1
LUCKY ESCAPE 1
NARROW SQUAWK 1
NARROW SQUEEZE 1
NEAR NICKING 1
NEAR ONE 1
PURTY NEAR GOT HURT 1
PURTY NIGH GOT HURT 1
QUICK CALL 1
REAL SCARE 1
SAW SAINT PETER CALLING 1
SKINNED HIS BACK 1
SLIM CHANCE 1
SLIPPED OUT BY A HAIR’S BREADTH 1
SLIPPED OUT BY THE SKIN 1
SPINE-TINGLER 1
SQUEAKED THROUGH 1
SQUEEZER 1
THAT TIME THE LORD WAS WITH HIM 1
THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE 1
THAT WAS REALLY TIGHT 1
TIGHT CALL 1
TIGHT CRACK 1
TIGHT PINCH 1
TIGHT TRIP 1
TO SQUEAK THROUGH 1
WAS IN CLOSE QUARTERS 1

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