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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