narrow escape

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandescape

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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escape
noun
uk
/ɪˈskeɪp/us
/ɪˈskeɪp/
the act of successfully getting out of a place or a dangerous or ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandescapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Another two men had anarrowescape.
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It is anarrowescape.
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The truth is that we have had a verynarrowescape.
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They are still suffering from nervous tension after theirnarrowescapelast night.
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But it had been anarrowescape.
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That had been the ship's secondnarrowescape.
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Is he aware that that is the secondnarrowescapethat he has had in the past 12 months?
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The commission had anarrowescapethe other day from getting blended butter, the cheapest form, removed from the shops altogether.
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Lysias had anarrowescape, with the help of a large bribe.
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The witch returned in a later episode and there was anothernarrowescapeby all.
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In the meantime, the party rest and recuperate from theirnarrowescapefrom death.
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He finished the season as club top scorer, in an eventualnarrowescapefrom relegation.
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Out of fear and feeling of providence fornarrowescape, he became devoted to religion.
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Thenarrowescapeproblem is that of calculating the mean escape time.
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The tunnel saw one of the first uses of the absolute block signalling system, maybe after anarrowescapeon the south bound inaugural run.
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Some of the tortoise hunters had anarrowescapeand had to run a gauntlet of fire to get back to the ship.
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