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cheats death

cheats death is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cheat death.

Meaning of cheat death

Verb

cheat death (third-person singular simple present cheats death, present participle cheating death, simple past and past participle cheated death)

  1. To survive a situation which would be expected to result in death.
    • From Olar, Han
      Shepard,
      They say you're alive. That you cheated death. That sending you this isn't just a pointless exercise as part of my therapy. They say a lot of things.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therapy
    Synonyms:
    cheat fate

Questions about cheats death

What is cheats death the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cheats death is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cheat death.

Words near cheats death in the dictionary

  1. cheatless
  2. cheatlike
  3. cheatline
  4. cheatlines
  5. cheats
  6. cheats death
  7. cheats fate
  8. cheats never prosper
  9. cheats on
  10. cheats out
  11. cheats out of

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