narrow escape

1. 1.

   something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

   Synonymsclose callclose shavesqueaksqueaker

   Broaderaccomplishment

Questions about narrow escape

What does narrow escape mean?

narrow escape means "something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin".

What is another word for narrow escape?

Close synonyms include close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is narrow escape a common word?

narrow escape is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.