narrow escape

• Situation dans laquelle quelqu'un échappe de justesse à un danger, à une blessure ou à une issue désagréable.

A situation in which someone only just avoids danger, injury, or an unpleasant outcome.

1. Close callB2informal

   A situation where someone barely avoids danger, injury, or an unpleasant outcome.

   belle échappée

   • He had a narrow escape when the car skidded off the road.
   • The hikers had a narrow escape from the avalanche.
   • It was a narrow escape; the train left just as she arrived.