cheat death

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cheat death — idiom

1. to survive a situation in which you could very easily have died

1.idiom
Definition

to survive a situation in which you could very easily have died

Example

The mountain climber cheated death when his rope caught on a rock just before he would have fallen into the deep valley below.

Felix felt he had cheated death after his car flipped over on the highway and he walked away with just a few small cuts.