cheat death
idiomPart ofdeath
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.