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narrow escape

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Noun1.narrow escape - something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow marginnarrow escape - something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something


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And they may unfold a tale of narrow escape, of steady ill-luck, of high winds and heavy weather, of ice, of interminable calms or endless head-gales; a tale of difficulties overcome, of adversity defied by a small knot of men upon the great loneliness of the sea; a tale of resource, of courage - of helplessness, perhaps.
Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered.
In my early life I had a narrow escape from death by poisoning.
 
 
 
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