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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