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narrow escapes

narrow escapes is the plural of narrow escape.

Meaning of narrow escape

Noun

narrow escape (plural narrow escapes)

  1. A situation in which some danger or unfortunate circumstance is only just avoided.
    • Meredith referred to the turnpike or carriage road constructed by the Tredegar Iron Company alongside the tramroad from Penllwyn Mawr to Tredegar, and said there was no fence between the two; he had experienced narrow escapes at times when on horseback, for horses occasionally took fright when...1939 September, Charles E. Lee, “The Sirhowy Valley and Its Railways—I”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 207

Questions about narrow escapes

What is narrow escapes the plural of?
Narrow escapes is the plural of narrow escape.

Words near narrow escapes in the dictionary

  1. narrow cloths
  2. narrow construction
  3. narrow constructions
  4. narrow down
  5. narrow escape
  6. narrow escapes
  7. narrow gauge
  8. narrow gauges
  9. narrow house
  10. narrow houses
  11. narrow minded

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