hairbreadth escape
phrase
as in close call
a barely successful escape from something undesirable
The surfer made a hairbreadth escape from the shark.
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“Hairbreadth escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairbreadth%20escape. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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