hairbreadth escapes

phrase

plural of hairbreadth escape
as in close calls
a barely successful escape from something undesirable The surfer made a hairbreadth escape from the shark.

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“Hairbreadth escapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairbreadth%20escapes. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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